Mental health and psychological resilience amid the spread of the Omicron variant: a comparison between China and Korea
ObjectivesBesides physical health risks, large public health events also exert negative impacts on people's mental health. We aimed to explore the prevalence and correlates of mental distress and its association with psychological resilience among countries amid the Omicron wave.MethodsWe condu...
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| author | Chenyuan Qin Minjung Lee Jie Deng Yubin Lee Myoungsoon You Jue Liu Jue Liu Jue Liu |
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| description | ObjectivesBesides physical health risks, large public health events also exert negative impacts on people's mental health. We aimed to explore the prevalence and correlates of mental distress and its association with psychological resilience among countries amid the Omicron wave.MethodsWe conducted cross-sectional surveys simultaneously in China and South Korea from March 15 to 30, 2023. Brief Resilience Scale (BRS), Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) scale, and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) scale were used to measured psychological resilience and mental distress.ResultsSelf-reported rates of anxiety and depressive symptoms in 3,000 Chinese participants were 24.5% and 30.5%, while the above-mentioned rates were 17.2%and 34.4% in 1,000 Korean participants. Chinese participants had a marginally higher BRS score. Psychological resilience was inversely associated with the prevalence of anxiety symptoms and depressive symptoms. Similar results can be observed in Korea. Results remained robust in all models.ConclusionChinese and Korean populations reported a high prevalence of mental distress with variations in different characteristics, indicating practical implications for developing tailored mental health policies and services in the context of large public health events. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b05e3df9b24c42c095132adf0db9966c2025-01-07T05:24:01ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652025-01-011210.3389/fpubh.2024.14513181451318Mental health and psychological resilience amid the spread of the Omicron variant: a comparison between China and KoreaChenyuan Qin0Minjung Lee1Jie Deng2Yubin Lee3Myoungsoon You4Jue Liu5Jue Liu6Jue Liu7School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, ChinaDental Research Institute, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of KoreaSchool of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Public Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Public Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of KoreaSchool of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, ChinaInstitute for Global Health and Development, Peking University, Beijing, ChinaNational Health Commission Key Laboratory of Reproductive Health, Peking University, Beijing, ChinaObjectivesBesides physical health risks, large public health events also exert negative impacts on people's mental health. We aimed to explore the prevalence and correlates of mental distress and its association with psychological resilience among countries amid the Omicron wave.MethodsWe conducted cross-sectional surveys simultaneously in China and South Korea from March 15 to 30, 2023. Brief Resilience Scale (BRS), Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) scale, and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) scale were used to measured psychological resilience and mental distress.ResultsSelf-reported rates of anxiety and depressive symptoms in 3,000 Chinese participants were 24.5% and 30.5%, while the above-mentioned rates were 17.2%and 34.4% in 1,000 Korean participants. Chinese participants had a marginally higher BRS score. Psychological resilience was inversely associated with the prevalence of anxiety symptoms and depressive symptoms. Similar results can be observed in Korea. Results remained robust in all models.ConclusionChinese and Korean populations reported a high prevalence of mental distress with variations in different characteristics, indicating practical implications for developing tailored mental health policies and services in the context of large public health events.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1451318/fullCOVID-19mental healthanxietydepressionpsychological resilience |
| spellingShingle | Chenyuan Qin Minjung Lee Jie Deng Yubin Lee Myoungsoon You Jue Liu Jue Liu Jue Liu Mental health and psychological resilience amid the spread of the Omicron variant: a comparison between China and Korea Frontiers in Public Health COVID-19 mental health anxiety depression psychological resilience |
| title | Mental health and psychological resilience amid the spread of the Omicron variant: a comparison between China and Korea |
| title_full | Mental health and psychological resilience amid the spread of the Omicron variant: a comparison between China and Korea |
| title_fullStr | Mental health and psychological resilience amid the spread of the Omicron variant: a comparison between China and Korea |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mental health and psychological resilience amid the spread of the Omicron variant: a comparison between China and Korea |
| title_short | Mental health and psychological resilience amid the spread of the Omicron variant: a comparison between China and Korea |
| title_sort | mental health and psychological resilience amid the spread of the omicron variant a comparison between china and korea |
| topic | COVID-19 mental health anxiety depression psychological resilience |
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