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
Qi Zhu,
Tong Li,
Xiaoying Wang,
Jiong Tao,
Xianglan Wang,
Xiuhua Wu,
Chongbang Zhao,
Weirui Yang,
Jinbei Zhang,
Nianhong Guan
Affiliations
Qi Zhu
4 Institute of Arthritis Research, Shanghai Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Guanghua Integrative Medicine Hospital, Shanghai, China
Tong Li
Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
Xiaoying Wang
2 NHC Key Laboratory of Myopia, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Jiong Tao
Department of Psychiatry, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Xianglan Wang
Department of Psychiatry, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Xiuhua Wu
Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Beijing, China
Chongbang Zhao
Department of Psychiatry, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Weirui Yang
Department of Psychiatry, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Jinbei Zhang
Department of Psychiatry, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Nianhong Guan
Department of Psychiatry, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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.
