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Online Mental Health Survey in a Medical College in China During the COVID-19 Outbreak

BACKGROUND: The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei province, has led to the quarantine of many residents in their homes, in order to mitigate its spread. Some of these people developed mental health problems, and many solutions have been put in place to address the menta...

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Autores principales: Liu, Jia, Zhu, Qing, Fan, Wenliang, Makamure, Joyman, Zheng, Chuansheng, Wang, Jing
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7237734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32574242
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00459
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author Liu, Jia
Zhu, Qing
Fan, Wenliang
Makamure, Joyman
Zheng, Chuansheng
Wang, Jing
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Zhu, Qing
Fan, Wenliang
Makamure, Joyman
Zheng, Chuansheng
Wang, Jing
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description BACKGROUND: The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei province, has led to the quarantine of many residents in their homes, in order to mitigate its spread. Some of these people developed mental health problems, and many solutions have been put in place to address the mental health issues of patients and health professionals affected by the disease. However, not much attention has been given to students, particularly those from medical school. The present study aims to conduct an online survey to investigate the mental health status of students from a medical college in Hubei province. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The WeChat-based survey program Questionnaire Star, which contained questions from Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), was utilized for the present study. RESULTS: A total of 217 students participated in the survey. Among these students, 127 were female and 90 were male. Furthermore, 77 students (35.5%) who participated in the survey were in a state of depression, and 48 (22.1%) were in a state of anxiety. The majority of students who were in depressed (n=75) or anxiety (n=46) states had mild or moderate states. There were no significant differences in students in terms of gender, geographical location, and grade, for the prevalence of depression and anxiety. CONCLUSION: The present study implies that universities need to take measures to prevent, identify, and deal with mental health problems among students during large-scale stressors.
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spelling pubmed-72377342020-05-29 Online Mental Health Survey in a Medical College in China During the COVID-19 Outbreak Liu, Jia Zhu, Qing Fan, Wenliang Makamure, Joyman Zheng, Chuansheng Wang, Jing Front Psychiatry Psychiatry BACKGROUND: The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei province, has led to the quarantine of many residents in their homes, in order to mitigate its spread. Some of these people developed mental health problems, and many solutions have been put in place to address the mental health issues of patients and health professionals affected by the disease. However, not much attention has been given to students, particularly those from medical school. The present study aims to conduct an online survey to investigate the mental health status of students from a medical college in Hubei province. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The WeChat-based survey program Questionnaire Star, which contained questions from Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), was utilized for the present study. RESULTS: A total of 217 students participated in the survey. Among these students, 127 were female and 90 were male. Furthermore, 77 students (35.5%) who participated in the survey were in a state of depression, and 48 (22.1%) were in a state of anxiety. The majority of students who were in depressed (n=75) or anxiety (n=46) states had mild or moderate states. There were no significant differences in students in terms of gender, geographical location, and grade, for the prevalence of depression and anxiety. CONCLUSION: The present study implies that universities need to take measures to prevent, identify, and deal with mental health problems among students during large-scale stressors. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-05-13 /pmc/articles/PMC7237734/ /pubmed/32574242 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00459 Text en Copyright © 2020 Liu, Zhu, Fan, Makamure, Zheng and Wang http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Liu, Jia
Zhu, Qing
Fan, Wenliang
Makamure, Joyman
Zheng, Chuansheng
Wang, Jing
Online Mental Health Survey in a Medical College in China During the COVID-19 Outbreak
title Online Mental Health Survey in a Medical College in China During the COVID-19 Outbreak
title_full Online Mental Health Survey in a Medical College in China During the COVID-19 Outbreak
title_fullStr Online Mental Health Survey in a Medical College in China During the COVID-19 Outbreak
title_full_unstemmed Online Mental Health Survey in a Medical College in China During the COVID-19 Outbreak
title_short Online Mental Health Survey in a Medical College in China During the COVID-19 Outbreak
title_sort online mental health survey in a medical college in china during the covid-19 outbreak
topic Psychiatry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7237734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32574242
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00459
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