Generalized anxiety disorder, depressive symptoms and sleep quality during COVID-19 outbreak in China: a web-based cross-sectional survey

By Yeen Huang, N. Zhao. Psychiatry Research, 2020

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Highlights • The COVID-19 outbreak significantly affects the mental health of Chinese public• During the outbreak, young people had a higher risk of anxiety than older people• Spending too much time thinking about the outbreak is harmful to mental health• Healthcare workers were at high risk for poor sleep

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Neurology

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Student Attitudes Towards Online Education during the COVID-19 Viral Outbreak of 2020: Distance Learning in a Time of Social Distance (2020, result): “…result of this study of increased anxiety felt by undergraduate students 262 Unger & Meiran which participated in the survey, is confirmed by other recent studies which found increased anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic to occur more often in people under the age of 35 (Huang & Zhao, 2020).”
Prevalence of stress, anxiety, depression among the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2020, background): “affected by redundancies and business closures [21, 22, 25].”
Prevalence of depression, anxiety, and insomnia among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2020, methodology): “For anxiety, gender data were available in six studies, with a pooled prevalence of 20.92% for males and 29·06% for females (Du et al., 2020; Guo et al., 2020; Huang and Zhao, 2020; Lai et al., 2020; Liu 1.”
The psychology of the COVID-19 pandemic: A group-level perspective. (2020, background): “The entire sample, on average, scored high in the PTSD self-rating scale (Huang & Zhao, 2020).”
Impact of Social Isolation Due to COVID-19 on Health in Older People: Mental and Physical Effects and Recommendations (2020, neutral): “Being female (36, 39, 42), having a negative self-perception of aging (42), healthcare workers (38), family and personal resources (42), time devoted to COVID-19 information (42), having an acquaintance or a family member infected with COVID-19 or a previous history of medical problems (39) seem to…”
Depression, Anxiety and Stress during COVID-19: Associations with Changes in Physical Activity, Sleep, Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Australian Adults (2020, background): “This has been especially evident in healthcare workers, who may be required to work longer shifts in highly stressful environments [15,16].”
The enemy who sealed the world: effects quarantine due to the COVID-19 on sleep quality, anxiety, and psychological distress in the Italian population (2020, neutral): “Moreover, we confirmed the results of preceding studies on the Chinese population who reported high concomitance of sleep disturbance, psychological distress, and anxiety in the general population during the COVID-19 outbreak, with an increased risk of PTSD occurrence [20,30].”
COVID-19-Related Mental Health Effects in the Workplace: A Narrative Review (2020, background): “Huang and Zhao (2020) observed higher levels of stress related to how often people think about the epidemic [40].”
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health in the general population: A systematic review (2020, neutral): “…and analysis Assessment of outcome Statistical test Ahmed et al., 2020 6 * * ** * * Gao, 2020 6 * * ** * * González-Sanguino et al., 2020 4 * * * * Huang 2020 6 * * ** * * Lei et al., 2020 7 * * * ** * * Liu, 2020 8 * * * * ** * * Mazza et al., 2020 7 * * * ** * * Moccia et al., 2020 7 * * * ** *…”