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Therefore, we aimed to assess the PTSD status and factors contributing to PTSD development in quarantined\/isolated people during pandemic. Using the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) scale, our multicentre, multinational, and cross-sectional online survey assessed the psychological impacts on the quarantine\/isolation experience of participants suspected or confirmed to have COVID-19, their PTSD status, and various correlates with developing PTSD. We had 944 (35.33%) valid responses (51.1% from females), mostly from Asian countries (635, 71.4%), and 33.9% were healthcare workers. The number of quarantine days in the PTSD symptoms group (using the IES-R cutoff of 24 for symptomatic or full PTSD) was significantly shorter compared to the non-PTSD group (14 (range 14\u201340) vs. 14 (14\u201323.75), p = 0.031). Lower rates of PTSD symptoms were observed in participants practicing Buddhist religion than in participants having no religion (OR: 0.30; 95% CI: 0.13\u20130.68; p = 0.005); individuals with vocational training had a higher risk of developing PTSD symptoms (OR: 2.28 (1.04\u20135.15); p = 0.043) compared to university graduates. Individuals forced to be quarantined\/isolated had higher odds of developing PTSD symptoms than those voluntarily quarantined\/isolated (OR: 2.92 (1.84\u20134.74); p &lt; 0.001). We identified several PTSD correlations among individuals quarantined\/isolated during the COVID-19 pandemic, including religious practice, reason for quarantine\/isolation, education level, and being a case of the infection. 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