Depression and anxiety symptoms to COVID-19 outbreak among the public, medical staff and patients during the initial phase of the pandemic: an online questionnaire survey by a WeChat Mini Program
Objectives To survey anxiety and depression symptoms to COVID-19 outbreak in the public, medical staff and patients during the initial phase of the pandemic.Design Cross-sectional online survey administered through WeChat Mini Program using Chinese versions of Zung Self-rating Depression Scale and Z...
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| author | Qi Zhu Tong Li Xiaoying Wang Jiong Tao Xianglan Wang Xiuhua Wu Chongbang Zhao Weirui Yang Jinbei Zhang Nianhong Guan |
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| description | Objectives To survey anxiety and depression symptoms to COVID-19 outbreak in the public, medical staff and patients during the initial phase of the pandemic.Design Cross-sectional online survey administered through WeChat Mini Program using Chinese versions of Zung Self-rating Depression Scale and Zung Self-rating Anxiety Scale.Setting Guangzhou, China.Participants 47 378 public, 1512 medical staff and 125 patients with COVID-19.Results Higher rates of depression (47.8%) and anxiety symptoms (48.7%) were shown by patients who were screened positive compared with those of the public (35.6%, 25.7%) or medical staff (15.4%, 13.3%). The professional identity of a nurse, conditions of ‘with an infected family member’ and ‘working at the frontline’ were risk factors to depression or anxiety symptoms for the medical staff. Younger age, lower educational level, female and not having adequate masks were the risk factors for the public.Conclusion The COVID-19 outbreak increased people’s depression or anxiety emotion responses, which varied extensively among the patients, public and medical staff. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b53d2f48b42c42d1bae7796ab8e6f4812024-11-20T01:15:07ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552021-06-0111610.1136/bmjopen-2020-046350Depression and anxiety symptoms to COVID-19 outbreak among the public, medical staff and patients during the initial phase of the pandemic: an online questionnaire survey by a WeChat Mini ProgramQi Zhu0Tong Li1Xiaoying Wang2Jiong Tao3Xianglan Wang4Xiuhua Wu5Chongbang Zhao6Weirui Yang7Jinbei Zhang8Nianhong Guan94 Institute of Arthritis Research, Shanghai Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Guanghua Integrative Medicine Hospital, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China2 NHC Key Laboratory of Myopia, Fudan University, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Psychiatry, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, ChinaDepartment of Psychiatry, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, ChinaPeking Union Medical College Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Psychiatry, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, ChinaDepartment of Psychiatry, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, ChinaDepartment of Psychiatry, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, ChinaDepartment of Psychiatry, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, ChinaObjectives To survey anxiety and depression symptoms to COVID-19 outbreak in the public, medical staff and patients during the initial phase of the pandemic.Design Cross-sectional online survey administered through WeChat Mini Program using Chinese versions of Zung Self-rating Depression Scale and Zung Self-rating Anxiety Scale.Setting Guangzhou, China.Participants 47 378 public, 1512 medical staff and 125 patients with COVID-19.Results Higher rates of depression (47.8%) and anxiety symptoms (48.7%) were shown by patients who were screened positive compared with those of the public (35.6%, 25.7%) or medical staff (15.4%, 13.3%). The professional identity of a nurse, conditions of ‘with an infected family member’ and ‘working at the frontline’ were risk factors to depression or anxiety symptoms for the medical staff. Younger age, lower educational level, female and not having adequate masks were the risk factors for the public.Conclusion The COVID-19 outbreak increased people’s depression or anxiety emotion responses, which varied extensively among the patients, public and medical staff.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/6/e046350.full |
| spellingShingle | Qi Zhu Tong Li Xiaoying Wang Jiong Tao Xianglan Wang Xiuhua Wu Chongbang Zhao Weirui Yang Jinbei Zhang Nianhong Guan Depression and anxiety symptoms to COVID-19 outbreak among the public, medical staff and patients during the initial phase of the pandemic: an online questionnaire survey by a WeChat Mini Program BMJ Open |
| title | Depression and anxiety symptoms to COVID-19 outbreak among the public, medical staff and patients during the initial phase of the pandemic: an online questionnaire survey by a WeChat Mini Program |
| title_full | Depression and anxiety symptoms to COVID-19 outbreak among the public, medical staff and patients during the initial phase of the pandemic: an online questionnaire survey by a WeChat Mini Program |
| title_fullStr | Depression and anxiety symptoms to COVID-19 outbreak among the public, medical staff and patients during the initial phase of the pandemic: an online questionnaire survey by a WeChat Mini Program |
| title_full_unstemmed | Depression and anxiety symptoms to COVID-19 outbreak among the public, medical staff and patients during the initial phase of the pandemic: an online questionnaire survey by a WeChat Mini Program |
| title_short | Depression and anxiety symptoms to COVID-19 outbreak among the public, medical staff and patients during the initial phase of the pandemic: an online questionnaire survey by a WeChat Mini Program |
| title_sort | depression and anxiety symptoms to covid 19 outbreak among the public medical staff and patients during the initial phase of the pandemic an online questionnaire survey by a wechat mini program |
| url | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/6/e046350.full |
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