Investigation on anxiety and depression of different populations in the area with low incidence of New Coronavirus pneumonia and analysis of related factors

• Published in: Pakistan journal of medical sciences 2023-04, Vol.39 (2), p.380-384
• Main Authors: Niu, Yuan, Liu, Yincai, Ren, Songna
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Analysis; Anxiety; Bacterial pneumonia; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Disease prevention; Disease transmission; Health aspects; Infections; Infectious diseases; Investigations; Medical research; Mental depression; Mental health; Original; Pneumonia; Questionnaires; Regression analysis; Self evaluation
• ISSN: 1682-024X; 1681-715X
• DOI: 10.12669/pjms.39.2.7136

To explore the anxiety and depression status and related factors of different populations in the area with low incidence of New Coronavirus pneumonia. The anxiety and depression of 106 residents of different ages, different places of residence and different epidemic situations in Xingtai City, Hebei Province, China were assessed from February 18, 2020 to February 20, 2020. The psychological status of different groups was evaluated by self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and self-rating Depression Scale (SDS), and the questionnaire data were analyzed retrospectively. The general data of all residents were collected, and the factors affecting the mental health status of different populations were studied by multiple linear regression with the scores of depression and anxiety as dependent variables. The SAS and SDS scores of anxiety and depression were (51.79±12.11) and (57.01±11.40) respectively. The positive rates of anxiety and depression were 38.68% and 47.17%, respectively. The results of multiple linear regression analysis showed that marital status, close attention to the daily epidemic progress, and having infected and sick relatives and friends were independent risk factors affecting residents' SAS score (