Caring for anxiety among adults in the face of COVID-19: A cross-sectional online survey
Background: The outbreak of COVID-19 poses a challenge to psychological resilience. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of anxiety and identify risk and protective factors associated with the presence of anxiety symptoms in the face of COVID-19 among adults. Methods: A cross-section...
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doaj-66a7eb9a3c9e420687a369f3de8548492021-02-27T04:41:45ZengElsevierJournal of Affective Disorders Reports2666-91532020-12-011100014Caring for anxiety among adults in the face of COVID-19: A cross-sectional online surveyJuan Xia0Yi Meng1Fuyuan Wen2Hui Li3Kai Meng4Ling Zhang5Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, and Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Beijing 100069, ChinaDepartment of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, and Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Beijing 100069, China; School Health Department, Fangshan District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102401, ChinaDepartment of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, and Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Beijing 100069, ChinaSchool Health Department, Daxing District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100071, ChinaDepartment of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, ChinaCorresponding author.; Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, and Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Beijing 100069, ChinaBackground: The outbreak of COVID-19 poses a challenge to psychological resilience. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of anxiety and identify risk and protective factors associated with the presence of anxiety symptoms in the face of COVID-19 among adults. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted in adults from March 2nd to March 16th 2020. The self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) was used to measure the status of anxiety. Unconditional multivariate logistic regression was performed to identify the factors associated with anxiety. Results: Among the 7144 respondents, 9.3% met the criteria for anxiety risk based on the SAS. Symptoms of anxiety were more prevalent among farmer (OR=1.43, 95%CI: 1.03-1.99), respondents lived in urban out of Beijing during the COVID-19 outbreak (OR=1.73, 95%CI: 1.14-2.63), and slept less than six hours per day (OR=2.64, 95%CI: 1.96-3.57). Compared to participants who didn’t exercise, a lower risk of anxiety was observed in those exercised 30-60 minutes/day (OR=0.62, 95%CI: 0.41-0.94) and more than 60 minutes/day (OR=0.57, 95%CI: 0.37-0.88). And compared with participants whose knowledge and perceptions of COVID-9 scores in lower quartile, the OR (95%CI) for the second, third and upper quartile were 0.58 (0.46, 0.73), 0.48 (0.37, 0.61) and 0.42(0.33, 0.52), respectively. Limitations: No diagnostic interview for mental disorders was administered in the original studies limiting analysis of sensitivity and specificity of the Swahili PHQ-9. Conclusion: There was a high level of anxiety in the face of COVID-19 among adults. The results point to characteristics of adults in particular need for attention to anxiety and suggest possible targets for intervention such as strengthening of physical activity and knowledge and perceptions of COVID-19.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666915320300147AnxietyDuring the COVID-19 outbreakPrevalenceAdultsBeijing |
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Caring for anxiety among adults in the face of COVID-19: A cross-sectional online survey |
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Caring for anxiety among adults in the face of COVID-19: A cross-sectional online survey |
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Background: The outbreak of COVID-19 poses a challenge to psychological resilience. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of anxiety and identify risk and protective factors associated with the presence of anxiety symptoms in the face of COVID-19 among adults. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted in adults from March 2nd to March 16th 2020. The self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) was used to measure the status of anxiety. Unconditional multivariate logistic regression was performed to identify the factors associated with anxiety. Results: Among the 7144 respondents, 9.3% met the criteria for anxiety risk based on the SAS. Symptoms of anxiety were more prevalent among farmer (OR=1.43, 95%CI: 1.03-1.99), respondents lived in urban out of Beijing during the COVID-19 outbreak (OR=1.73, 95%CI: 1.14-2.63), and slept less than six hours per day (OR=2.64, 95%CI: 1.96-3.57). Compared to participants who didn’t exercise, a lower risk of anxiety was observed in those exercised 30-60 minutes/day (OR=0.62, 95%CI: 0.41-0.94) and more than 60 minutes/day (OR=0.57, 95%CI: 0.37-0.88). And compared with participants whose knowledge and perceptions of COVID-9 scores in lower quartile, the OR (95%CI) for the second, third and upper quartile were 0.58 (0.46, 0.73), 0.48 (0.37, 0.61) and 0.42(0.33, 0.52), respectively. Limitations: No diagnostic interview for mental disorders was administered in the original studies limiting analysis of sensitivity and specificity of the Swahili PHQ-9. Conclusion: There was a high level of anxiety in the face of COVID-19 among adults. The results point to characteristics of adults in particular need for attention to anxiety and suggest possible targets for intervention such as strengthening of physical activity and knowledge and perceptions of COVID-19. |
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