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Psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Chinese population: An online survey

BACKGROUND: The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic infiltrates every aspect of our life, including the psychological impact. China has experienced the first wave of this epidemic, and it is now affecting the global population. AIM: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and...

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Autores principales: Shah, Taif, Shah, Zahir, Yasmeen, Nafeesa, Ma, Zhong-Ren
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8610859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34877284
http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v9.i31.9500
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Shah, Zahir
Yasmeen, Nafeesa
Ma, Zhong-Ren
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Shah, Zahir
Yasmeen, Nafeesa
Ma, Zhong-Ren
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description BACKGROUND: The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic infiltrates every aspect of our life, including the psychological impact. China has experienced the first wave of this epidemic, and it is now affecting the global population. AIM: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and associated factors of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among the general Chinese population. METHODS: A detailed questionnaire, comprising of 38 questions designed in both English and Chinese, was developed. The survey was conducted via WeChat, a multi-purpose messaging, social media, and mobile payment app, which is widely used by the Chinese population. RESULTS: In total, 1082 individuals from 31 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities participated in the survey by filling the questionnaires through the WeChat app. 97.8% of the participants had an Impact of Event-Scale-Revised (IES-R) total score above 20, which is an indicator of PTSD. The IES-R total and all the three subscales, including intrusion, avoidance, and hyperarousal, are significantly correlated with age. In addition, age, profession, marital status, and level of education are significantly correlated with the degree of PTSD symptoms. CONCLUSION: The COVID-19 epidemic has widely caused PTSD among the general Chinese population. These results bear important implications for regions struggling with the pandemic to implement effective interventions to cope with these mental health problems.
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spelling pubmed-86108592021-12-06 Psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Chinese population: An online survey Shah, Taif Shah, Zahir Yasmeen, Nafeesa Ma, Zhong-Ren World J Clin Cases Observational Study BACKGROUND: The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic infiltrates every aspect of our life, including the psychological impact. China has experienced the first wave of this epidemic, and it is now affecting the global population. AIM: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and associated factors of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among the general Chinese population. METHODS: A detailed questionnaire, comprising of 38 questions designed in both English and Chinese, was developed. The survey was conducted via WeChat, a multi-purpose messaging, social media, and mobile payment app, which is widely used by the Chinese population. RESULTS: In total, 1082 individuals from 31 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities participated in the survey by filling the questionnaires through the WeChat app. 97.8% of the participants had an Impact of Event-Scale-Revised (IES-R) total score above 20, which is an indicator of PTSD. The IES-R total and all the three subscales, including intrusion, avoidance, and hyperarousal, are significantly correlated with age. In addition, age, profession, marital status, and level of education are significantly correlated with the degree of PTSD symptoms. CONCLUSION: The COVID-19 epidemic has widely caused PTSD among the general Chinese population. These results bear important implications for regions struggling with the pandemic to implement effective interventions to cope with these mental health problems. Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2021-11-06 2021-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8610859/ /pubmed/34877284 http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v9.i31.9500 Text en ©The Author(s) 2021. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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title_short Psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Chinese population: An online survey
title_sort psychological impact of the covid-19 pandemic on chinese population: an online survey
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8610859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34877284
http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v9.i31.9500
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