Depression, Anxiety, and Insomnia of Chinese Quarantine People During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

To estimate the prevalence rate of depression, anxiety, and insomnia status of quarantine people, and to identify their associated socio-demographic risk and protective factors of mental health features. Self-report data of socio-demographic factors, PHQ-9, GAD-7 and ISI were collected online, the probable prevalence rate and the risk factors of adverse mental health status was evaluated. The rate of screening positive for depression, anxiety, and insomnia was 19.6%, 14.9%, and 14.2%, by using the cutoff value 5, 5, 8 respectively in a total of 10167 subjects. Female, low household income, diagnosed with any medical diseases, and bad attitude towards medical observation showed adverse mental health status of clinical depression, anxiety and insomnia (p<0.01). Spending less time to complete the survey showed lower risk for depression and anxiety (p<0.001). Young and unmarried participants presented high risk of depression (p <0.05). Adverse mental health status of depression, anxiety, and insomnia was common among quarantine people in Shenzhen. It needs to pay more attention to quarantine people who were female, in low income, suffering from any physical diseases and bad attitude towards medical observation. It is necessary to focus on their mental health of quarantine people in medical observation.