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Article: Social distancing compliance under COVID-19 pandemic and mental health impacts: a population-based study
Title | Social distancing compliance under COVID-19 pandemic and mental health impacts: a population-based study |
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Keywords | COVID-19 social distancing compliance stay-at-home mental health |
Issue Date | 2020 |
Publisher | Molecular Diversity Preservation International. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.mdpi.org/ijerph |
Citation | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020, v. 17 n. 18, p. article no. 6692 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The success of public health measures for controlling the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic relies on population compliance. We analyzed compliance with social distancing and its associations with mental health. The Hong Kong COVID-19 Health Information Survey was conducted from 9–23 April 2020 on 1501 adults randomly sampled for landline telephone interviews (n = 500) and online surveys (n = 1001). Compliance with social distancing and staying-at-home, stress (Perceived Stress Scale-4), anxiety (General Anxiety Disorders-2), and depressive symptoms (Patient Health Questionnaire-2) were collected. The associations between mental health symptoms and compliance were examined by multivariable regression models. Of the 1501 respondents (52.5% female, 72.3% aged 18–59 years), 74.2%, 72.7%, and 59.7% reported avoiding going out, going to crowded places, and attending social gatherings of more than four people, respectively. Most respondents had stayed-at-home for at least four of the past seven days (58.4%; mean 4.12, Standard Deviation 2.05). Adoption, perceived effectiveness, and perceived compliance with social distancing were associated with lower stress levels and less anxiety and depressive symptoms (all p < 0.01). However, more days stayed-at-home were associated with more depressive symptoms (adjusted Odds Ratio 1.09; 95%Confidence Interval 1.00, 1.18). The long-term psychological impact in relation to social distancing and staying-at-home requires further investigation. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/287124 |
ISSN | 2019 Impact Factor: 2.849 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.808 |
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dc.contributor.author | ZHAO, SZ | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wong, JYH | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wu, Y | - |
dc.contributor.author | Choi, EPH | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wang, MP | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lam, TH | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-22T02:56:07Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-09-22T02:56:07Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020, v. 17 n. 18, p. article no. 6692 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1661-7827 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/287124 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The success of public health measures for controlling the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic relies on population compliance. We analyzed compliance with social distancing and its associations with mental health. The Hong Kong COVID-19 Health Information Survey was conducted from 9–23 April 2020 on 1501 adults randomly sampled for landline telephone interviews (n = 500) and online surveys (n = 1001). Compliance with social distancing and staying-at-home, stress (Perceived Stress Scale-4), anxiety (General Anxiety Disorders-2), and depressive symptoms (Patient Health Questionnaire-2) were collected. The associations between mental health symptoms and compliance were examined by multivariable regression models. Of the 1501 respondents (52.5% female, 72.3% aged 18–59 years), 74.2%, 72.7%, and 59.7% reported avoiding going out, going to crowded places, and attending social gatherings of more than four people, respectively. Most respondents had stayed-at-home for at least four of the past seven days (58.4%; mean 4.12, Standard Deviation 2.05). Adoption, perceived effectiveness, and perceived compliance with social distancing were associated with lower stress levels and less anxiety and depressive symptoms (all p < 0.01). However, more days stayed-at-home were associated with more depressive symptoms (adjusted Odds Ratio 1.09; 95%Confidence Interval 1.00, 1.18). The long-term psychological impact in relation to social distancing and staying-at-home requires further investigation. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Molecular Diversity Preservation International. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.mdpi.org/ijerph | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | COVID-19 | - |
dc.subject | social distancing | - |
dc.subject | compliance | - |
dc.subject | stay-at-home | - |
dc.subject | mental health | - |
dc.title | Social distancing compliance under COVID-19 pandemic and mental health impacts: a population-based study | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Wong, JYH: janetyh@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Wu, Y: ydswu@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Choi, EPH: ephchoi@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Wang, MP: mpwang@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Lam, TH: hrmrlth@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Wong, JYH=rp01561 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Choi, EPH=rp02329 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Wang, MP=rp01863 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Lam, TH=rp00326 | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/ijerph17186692 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 32937929 | - |
dc.identifier.pmcid | PMC7560229 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85090764029 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 314420 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 17 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 18 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | article no. 6692 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | article no. 6692 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000582261800001 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Switzerland | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1660-4601 | - |