TY - JOUR
T1 - Anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder and related factors among Chinese population during the COVID-19 pandemic
T2 - A cross-sectional study
AU - Liu, Yang
AU - Liu, Yi-Fei
AU - Liu, Ke-Xian
AU - Xie, Yao Jie
AU - Li, Wen-Gang
AU - Kong, Yue
AU - Zhu, Hai-Hua
AU - Zhu, Jie-Min
AU - Mi, Bai-Bing
AU - Yang, Jin-Qiu
AU - Huang, Zhuo
AU - Du, Ji-Wei
AU - He, Hong-Gu
AU - Shen, Qu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2022 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.
PY - 2022/12/23
Y1 - 2022/12/23
N2 - The sudden outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has deep and wide negative mental impacts on the public, and studies on the impact of COVID-19 on social and mental well-being are necessary. This study aimed to evaluate mental distress, including anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and its related risk factors in Chinese adults in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study used a large-scale cross-sectional design. A total of 2067 adult participants completed the online survey via REDcap from 1st to 15th of March 2020 during the COVID-19 outbreak in China. Anxiety, depression, PTSD, and related risk factors, including self-efficacy, coping style, and social support, were measured using valid and reliable instruments. The data were analyzed using multiple linear regression. We found that 201 (9.7%) participants reported moderate-to-severe anxiety, 669 (33.8%) reported depression, and 368 (17.8%) reported symptoms of PTSD. Self-efficacy, coping style, and social support significantly affected anxiety, depression, and PTSD symptoms. Participants' sociodemographic characteristics, COVID-19 pandemic-related factors, low self-efficacy, low social support, and negative coping were predictors of mental distress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our study will help healthcare professionals carry out early predictions and identification of high-risk groups and provide appropriate interventions to target groups during public health emergencies that plague the world.
AB - The sudden outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has deep and wide negative mental impacts on the public, and studies on the impact of COVID-19 on social and mental well-being are necessary. This study aimed to evaluate mental distress, including anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and its related risk factors in Chinese adults in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study used a large-scale cross-sectional design. A total of 2067 adult participants completed the online survey via REDcap from 1st to 15th of March 2020 during the COVID-19 outbreak in China. Anxiety, depression, PTSD, and related risk factors, including self-efficacy, coping style, and social support, were measured using valid and reliable instruments. The data were analyzed using multiple linear regression. We found that 201 (9.7%) participants reported moderate-to-severe anxiety, 669 (33.8%) reported depression, and 368 (17.8%) reported symptoms of PTSD. Self-efficacy, coping style, and social support significantly affected anxiety, depression, and PTSD symptoms. Participants' sociodemographic characteristics, COVID-19 pandemic-related factors, low self-efficacy, low social support, and negative coping were predictors of mental distress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our study will help healthcare professionals carry out early predictions and identification of high-risk groups and provide appropriate interventions to target groups during public health emergencies that plague the world.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85145430270
U2 - 10.1097/MD.0000000000032336
DO - 10.1097/MD.0000000000032336
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 36595752
AN - SCOPUS:85145430270
SN - 0025-7974
VL - 101
SP - e32336
JO - Medicine
JF - Medicine
IS - 51
ER -
