Overall, this Review suggests that the psychological impact of quarantine is wide-ranging, substantial, and can be long lasting. This is not to suggest that quarantine should not be used; the psychological effects of not using quarantine and allowing disease to spread might be worse.44 However, depriving people of their liberty for the wider public good is often contentious and needs to be handled carefully. If quarantine is essential, then our results suggest that officials should take every measure to ensure that this experience is as tolerable as possible for people. This can be achieved by: telling people what is happening and why, explaining how long it will continue, providing meaningful activities for them to do while in quarantine, providing clear communication, ensuring basic supplies (such as food, water, and medical supplies) are available, and reinforcing the sense of altruism that people should, rightly, be feeling. Health officials charged with implementing quarantine, who by definition are in employment and usually with reasonable job security, should also remember that not everyone is in the same situation. If the quarantine experience is negative, the results of this Review suggest there can be long-term consequences that affect not just the people quarantined but also the health-care system that administered the quarantine and the politicians and public health officials who mandated it.
Συμπέρασμα της εφαρμογής του συγκεκριμένου rapid review στην ελληνική πραγματικότητα?
Η πλειονότητα των best practices ΔΕΝ εφαρμόζεται.
Άσχετα δηλαδή από το κατά ποσο η καθολική καραντίνα αποτελεί μονόδρομο ή όχι υπάρχει πρόβλημα στην εφαρμογή της αφού με την συνήθη χωροφυλακιστικη δεξα αντίληψη ουδείς συνυπολογίζει την ψυχολογική επιβάρυνση του κόσμου και τις ευρύτερες επιπτώσεις της.
