Gender differences of depression and anxiety among social media users during the COVID-19 outbreak in China:a cross-sectional study.
Gender differences of depression and anxiety among social media users during the COVID-19 outbreak in China:a cross-sectional study.
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中国COVID-19爆发期间社交媒体用户抑郁和焦虑的性别差异：一项横断面研究。
DOI：
10.1186/s12889-020-09738-7
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发表时间：
2020-11-04
影响因子：
4.5
通讯作者：
Song K
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作者：
Hou F;Bi F;Jiao R;Luo D;Song K
研究表明，传染病的爆发会导致心理健康问题。女性比男性更容易出现心理问题。本研究调查了中国社交媒体用户在COVID-19疫情期间抑郁和焦虑的性别差异，并探讨了相关因素。我们通过社交媒体在中国招募了3088名参与者。参与者完成了社会人口统计学和COVID-19疫情相关问题，2项患者健康问卷（PHQ-2）和2项广泛性焦虑障碍量表（GAD-2），10项Connor-Davidson弹性量表的中文版。采用卡方检验和方差分析对数据进行描述，并对抑郁和焦虑的相关因素进行线性回归分析。在3063名符合分析条件的参与者中，抑郁和焦虑的总患病率为14.14%和13.25%。女性经历了更严重的压力和焦虑症状，而男性对压力表现出更好的弹性。抑郁症状的严重程度随着年龄弹性的增加而降低，失业、适应能力差、压力大则加重。随着受教育程度的提高和适应能力的增强，焦虑症状的严重程度会降低，如果是女性，花费超过60分钟的时间在COVID-19相关信息上，适应能力较差，压力更大，焦虑症状的严重程度会增加。研究结果显示，在COVID-19疫情期间，中国人群的抑郁和焦虑患病率增加，女性的焦虑症状比男性更严重。由于社交媒体是目前COVID-19相关信息的主要来源，应实施干预措施，帮助用户限制他们在社交媒体上花费的时间，并从权威和真实的资源中获取与疫情相关的关键信息，以避免信息流行病并预防心理健康问题。
Studies have shown that the outbreak of infectious diseases would result in mental health problems. Females are in greater risk for psychological problems than males. The present study investigated gender differences of depression and anxiety and explored associated factors during the COVID-19 epidemic among Chinese social media users. We recruited 3088 participants through social media cross China. Participants completed sociodemographic and the COVID-19 epidemic related questions, the 2-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-2), and the 2-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-2), the Chinese version of the 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale. We applied Chi-square test and ANOVA for data description and linear regression analysis for exploring factors associated with depression and anxiety. Of 3063 participants eligible for analysis, the total prevalence of depression and anxiety was 14.14 and 13.25%. Females were experiencing more severe stress and anxiety symptoms, while males showed better resilience to stress. The severity of depression symptoms would decrease with the increase of age resilience, and it would increase if being unemployed, feeling less adapted, being more stressed. The severity of anxiety symptoms would decrease with higher education and better resilience, and it would increase if being female, spending over 60 min on COVID-19 related information, less adapted, and being more stressed. The findings show the increased prevalence of depression and anxiety in Chinese population during the COVID-19 epidemic, and females are experiencing more severe anxiety symptoms than males. As social media is the current main resource of information related to COVID-19, interventions should be implemented to help users to limit the time they spend on social media and to get key information related to the epidemic from authoritative and authentic resource to avoid infodemic and prevent mental health problems.
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