Abstract
BackgroundTo investigate the mental health status of Chinese residents during the epidemic of COVID-19, as well as to identify the positive and negative factors and regulatory effect of negative cognitive processing bias on mental health.MethodsA total of 60,199 residents in China were surveyed via an internet-based survey containing a general questionnaire, such as the self-rating depression scale, the state anxiety inventory, and the negative cognitive processing bias questionnaire. An ordered multiple logistic regression analysis model was used to analyze the collected data.ResultsThe survey revealed mild, moderate, and severe depressive symptoms in 62.65, 11.33, and 6.14% participants, respectively, and mild, moderate, and severe anxiety symptoms in 33.21, 41.27, and 22.99% participants, respectively. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that factors, such as female gender, being older than 55 years, high school education level, medical staff, marital conflicts, negative attention bias, rumination, and death growth rate, positively affected depression and anxiety symptoms. The good family functionality, democratic working atmosphere, and a myriad of social activities negatively affected the level of depressive and anxiety symptoms.ConclusionChinese residents exhibited a high prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms during the epidemic. Thus, psychological interventions should focus on the vulnerable groups, and cognitive training should focus on reducing the negative cognitive processing bias. This might be an effective way to alleviate the mental stress of the general public during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Highlights
To investigate the mental health status of Chinese residents during the epidemic of COVID-19, as well as to identify the positive and negative factors and regulatory effect of negative cognitive processing bias on mental health
Confirmed growth rate and death growth rate According to the cumulative numbers of confirmed cases and deaths of COVID-19 in China provided by the National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China, we found that the confirmed growth rate fluctuated between 0.28 and 0.85%
Depressed group and anxiety group According to the self-rating depression scale (SDS) scoring criteria, the participants were divided into non-depressed, mild depressive symptoms, moderate depressive symptoms, and severe depressive symptom groups
Summary
To investigate the mental health status of Chinese residents during the epidemic of COVID-19, as well as to identify the positive and negative factors and regulatory effect of negative cognitive processing bias on mental health. The number of confirmed cases and deaths is changing hourly and daily and can be tracked on the website of National Health Commission of China [3]. According to these numbers, the daily confirmed growth rate of. As a result of the rapidly increasing numbers of confirmed cases and deaths, Chinese residents have been experiencing psychological problems, including anxiety and depression [5]. With the implementation of isolation policy, social activities have been drastically
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