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    This document outlines a proposed study on the psychological impacts of individuals quarantined at the Ligtas Covid-19 Isolation Facility in Iligan City, Philippines. The study aims to identify the psychological impacts experienced by locally stranded individuals and returning Filipinos at the facility, how they cope with these impacts, and their ways of coping. A literature review presents previous research finding psychological impacts like anxiety, depression and stress from quarantine. The study will use a qualitative phenomenological design to collect descriptive data through interviews to understand the lived experiences of those quarantined.

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    This document outlines a proposed study on the psychological impacts of individuals quarantined at the Ligtas Covid-19 Isolation Facility in Iligan City, Philippines. The study aims to identify the psychological impacts experienced by locally stranded individuals and returning Filipinos at the facility, how they cope with these impacts, and their ways of coping. A literature review presents previous research finding psychological impacts like anxiety, depression and stress from quarantine. The study will use a qualitative phenomenological design to collect descriptive data through interviews to understand the lived experiences of those quarantined.

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    This document outlines a proposed study on the psychological impacts of individuals quarantined at the Ligtas Covid-19 Isolation Facility in Iligan City, Philippines. The study aims to identify the psychological impacts experienced by locally stranded individuals and returning Filipinos at the facility, how they cope with these impacts, and their ways of coping. A literature review presents previous research finding psychological impacts like anxiety, depression and stress from quarantine. The study will use a qualitative phenomenological design to collect descriptive data through interviews to understand the lived experiences of those quarantined.

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    Title of Proposed Study

    A Qualitative Study: Its Psychological Impact on the Individuals in the Ligtas Covid-19

    Isolation Facility in Iligan City

    Background of Study

    The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic poses risks to the physical health

    of those who contract the virus. It was on the twenty-second of March, 2020 that the

    World Health Organization (WHO) issued an updated document to encourage member-

    states to increase their level of preparedness for COVID-19. In containing from

    spreading the virus one of the advice is to invoke a strict quarantine procedure for

    individuals’ cases of COVID- 19. (Cebm, 2020). According to the WHO, the quarantine

    of persons is the restriction of activities of or the separation of persons who are not ill

    but who may have been exposed to an infectious agent or disease, to monitor their

    symptoms and ensure the early detection of cases. The WHO guidance also

    recommends provisions of physical comfort including adequate ventilation, hygienic

    facilities, a social distance of at least 1 meter between all persons quarantined,

    provision of food and water, access to the internet, news, and entertainment if possible,

    and psychosocial support must be made available. In emerging evidence in COVID-19,

    recent modeling by Imperial College factored in household quarantine as a key

    intervention to mitigate against increased infection. Researchers defined a home-based

    quarantine in response to following the identification of asymptomatic cases in the

    household, where all household members remain at home for 14 days. Their

    assumption suggested household contact rates would double during the quarantine
    period, but contracts in the community would reduce by 75% if 50% of each household

    comply with the policy. But, in the Philippines, COVID-19 became a public health

    emergency due to a sudden increase in the number of infected individuals despite a

    mandatory home quarantine was implemented. By August the number of coronavirus

    disease (COVID-19) cases continues to rise in Northern Mindanao, specifically in Iligan

    City. The rising local cases of COVID- 19 attributed by the local Inter-Agency Task

    Force (IATF) were triggered by returning Locally Stranded Individuals (LSI) and

    Returning Overseas Filipinos (ROF) who avoided quarantine or did not finish the

    mandatory 14-day quarantine period. In line with this, Gallardo (as cited in

    MindaNews, 2020) the Iligan City was placed under Modified Enhanced Community

    Quarantine (MECQ) due to the limited number of hospital beds and isolation units

    amidst rising coronavirus disease (COVID- 19). The Iligan Emergency Operation Center

    Health cluster reported that of August 31, the city has 312 total confirmed cases in 34 of

    its 44 barangays, of these, 236 cases, or 75.6 percent, were infected locally. With this

    arising COVID-19 cases in the city, the mayor had converted a covered court into

    cubicles, restroom, and shower were set in the quarantine. The facilities provide proper

    care of locally stranded individuals and returning Filipinos undergoing the mandatory

    14-day period of self- isolation. Thus, the goal of the study is to explore the

    psychological impacts on the locally stranded individuals and returning Filipinos in the

    Ligtas COVID-19 isolation facility in Iligan City.

    Statement of the Problem

    Quarantine is an effective means of pandemic containment. However, placing

    people in the quarantine may have considerable, wide-ranging, and perhaps long-
    lasting psychological impacts upon them, including fear, anxiety, sadness, depression,

    grief, and confusion (Sentiments Analysis of Social Media, 2020, para. 3). Hence, this

    study aims to achieve the following to identify the psychological impacts of the locally

    stranded individuals and returning Filipinos to the Ligtas COVID-19 facility in Iligan City.

    In particular, it addresses the following questions:

    1. What are the psychological impacts of the locally stranded individuals and

    returning Filipinos to the Ligtas COVID-19 facility in Iligan City?

    2. How do locally stranded individuals and returning Filipinos in the Ligtas COVID-

    19 isolation facility cope with the psychological impacts?

    3. What are their ways of coping with their psychological impacts in the Ligtas

    COVID-19 isolation facility in Iligan City?

    Literature Review

    In this study, it intends to understand the psychological impacts of the locally

    stranded individuals and returning Filipinos in quarantine isolation.

    In a local study of Nicomedes and Avila (2020) they analyzed the panic of

    Filipinos during COVID-19 and results show that people express panic through the

    following behaviors: Health Consciousness, Optimism, Cautiousness, Protection,

    Compliance, Composure, Information Dissemination, Worry on Self/Family/Others,

    Relating to Past Pandemics, Anxiety, Government Blaming, Shock, Transmission of

    Virus, Fear, Sadness, Paranoia, Nihilism, Annihilation, and Indifference. Following the

    previous study of Nichomedes and Avila (2020) they explore the lived experiences of

    seven (7) Filipinos during the COVID-19 outbreak and showed a psychological impact
    of Awareness, Initial Reaction (Fear of Spread and Worry), Announcement, Problem

    (Transportation and Survival), Subsequent Reaction (Dysphoria and Government

    Blaming), Adjustment (Work Condition), Realization (Work Commitment, Compliance,

    Health Consciousness), and Positivism.

    An additional work Lu et. al, Yuan et. al, and Webster (2020) deals with the

    psychological effects of quarantine during the COVID-19 outbreak, it was found that

    quarantined people experienced a clear pattern of change in the mental state before,

    during, and after quarantine. They suffered a high level of anxious depression before

    quarantine, probably owing to infection fears, confusion, and misleading information, all

    of which can be exacerbated by the mass and social media. It showed that the anxious

    depression level spiked on the first day of quarantine but gradually diminished, reaching

    its lowest point on the last day of quarantine. A survey was also conducted to identify

    on the psychological impact of the outbreak in China with 1210 respondents shows

    53.8% with moderate or severe symptoms, while 16.5% reported moderate to severe

    depressive symptoms, 28.8% reported moderate to severe anxiety symptoms, and

    8.1% reported moderate to severe stress level (Wang et al., 2020). Thus, the National

    Health Commission of China organized a call for emergency psychological crisis

    intervention to be provided to different mental health associations and organizations (Li

    et al., 2020). Consequently, another group provided a new approach for the COVID-19

    related psychological and mental problems, called Structured Letter Therapy. It includes

    a Patient Page, an Intervention Page, and a Continuation Page to be filled out by the

    professional (Xiao, 2020).


    A foreign study of Tingaz (2020), in his article he investigates the psychological

    impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on elite athletes, their management strategies, and

    their post-pandemic performance expectations. In his study, there were eighteen (18)

    elite athletes were interviewed online. He concluded that most athletes experiencing

    hardships of some sort due to ambiguity regarding future competitions and their sports

    performance He found out that self-awareness and value awareness of most athletes

    increased, but some athletes tended to dwell on the past. Anxiety, anger, and longing

    were the most commonly experienced emotion among athletes. Anxiety seems to be a

    result of worry about both the current situation and post-situation performance and the

    sports environment then. Most athletes believe their performance level will decrease

    after the pandemic. Hence, there was evidence that there was a psychological impact

    on the individuals that were quarantine based on the previous study that was

    conducted.

    With this review, it will help the researcher in understanding and identifying the

    psychological impacts of the locally stranded individuals and returning Filipinos in the

    Ligtas COVID-19 isolation facility in Iligan City.

    Theoretical Framework

    The statement of the problem is on the psychological impacts of the locally

    stranded individuals and returning Filipinos in the Ligtas COVID-19 isolation facility.

    Some theories may explain this, one of which is the Transactional Model of Stress and

    Coping Theory. The Transactional Model of Stress and Coping Theory is a framework

    for evaluating the processes of coping with stressful events. Stressful experiences are
    construed as person-environment transactions. These transactions depend on the

    impact of an external stressor. This is mediated by firstly the person’s appraisal of the

    stressor and secondly on the social and cultural resources at his or her disposal

    (Lazarus & Cohen, 1977; Antonovsky & Kats, 1967; Cohen 1984). When faced with a

    stressor, a person evaluates the potential threat (primary appraisal). Primary appraisal

    is a person’s judgment about the significance of an event as stressful, positive,

    controllable, challenging, or irrelevant. Facing a stressor, the second appraisal follows,

    which is an assessment of people’s coping resources and options (Cohen, 1984).

    Secondary appraisals address what one can do about the situation. Actual coping

    efforts aimed at regulation of the problem give rise to outcomes of the coping process

    (as cited in Mutua et al., 2016).

    Proposed Research Design

    The researcher utilized a qualitative study, specifically phenomenological

    analysis, to collect descriptive data from the people’s own words and behavior (Taylor,

    Bogdan, & DeVault, 2015). Specifically, interpretative phenomenological analysis to

    examine exactly how the respondents made sense of their experience (Smith, Flowers,

    & Larkin, 2009). The researcher will develop an interview guide in identifying and

    exploring their experiences in the Ligtas COVID-19 isolation facility in Iligan City.
    References

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