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Day HR, Morgan DJ, Himelhoch S, Young A, Perencevich EN. Association between depression and contact precautions in veterans at hospital admission. American journal of infection control. 2011 Mar 1; 39(2):163-5.
Contact Precautions (CP) have been associated with depression and anxiety. We enrolled 103 patients on admission to a VA hospital and administered the Hospital Depression and Anxiety Scale (HADS). The mean unadjusted HADS score was 10% higher in patients on CP (14.3 vs 13.0; P = .47), and the association was stronger after adjusting for other variables (mean difference, 2.2; P = .21). Although underpowered, in the largest study to date, patients on CP tended toward more depression and anxiety.