TY - JOUR
TI - A SIQRS epidemic model incorporating psychological factors for COVID-19
AU - Li Wen-Xuan
AU - Xu Chen
AU - Li Hui-Lai
AU - Xu Wen-Da
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2025
VL - 29
IS - 2
SP - 1077
EP - 1082
PT - Article
AB - Since the initiation of the highest-level public health emergency response in  Jilin Province, China, on January 25, 2020, awareness of COVID-19 has  remained high. However, in March 2022, an outbreak of COVID-19, attributed  to imported cases, occurred in Changchun, China. Considering the  psychological impact of COVID-19 on humans, we developed a SIQRS epidemic  model. Dynamic analyses were conducted on both deterministic and  corresponding stochastic models. By employing non-linear least squares to  fit COVID-19 data, we analyzed the influence of psychological factors on  the disease’s spread. Our aim was to explore effective prevention and  control measures for COVID-19, taking into account the psychological  dimension of the pandemic.