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Article: Depression and Anxiety in Hong Kong during COVID-19
Title | Depression and Anxiety in Hong Kong during COVID-19 |
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Authors | |
Keywords | COVID-19 depression anxiety mental health Hong Kong |
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. 10, p. article no. 3740 How to Cite? |
Abstract | It has been three months since the first confirmed case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Hong Kong, and people now have a more complete picture of the extent of the pandemic. Therefore, it is time to evaluate the impacts of COVID-19 on mental health. The current population-based study aimed to evaluate the depression and anxiety of people in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic. Respondents were randomly recruited and asked to complete a structured questionnaire, including the patient health questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), the generalized anxiety disorder-7 (GAD-7), the global rating of change scale and items related to COVID-19. Of the 500 respondents included in the study, 19% had depression (PHQ-9 score ≥ 10) and 14% had anxiety (GAD score ≥ 10). In addition, 25.4% reported that their mental health had deteriorated since the pandemic. Multiple logistic regression analysis found that not experiencing the SARS outbreak in 2003, being worried about being infected by COVID-19, being bothered by having not enough surgical masks and being bothered by not being able to work from home were associated with a poorer mental health status. Psychological support, such as brief, home-based psychological interventions, should be provided to citizens during the pandemic. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/282941 |
ISSN | 2019 Impact Factor: 2.849 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.808 |
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dc.contributor.author | Choi, EPH | - |
dc.contributor.author | Hui, BPH | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wan, EYF | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-05T06:23:18Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-06-05T06:23:18Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020, v. 17 n. 10, p. article no. 3740 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1661-7827 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/282941 | - |
dc.description.abstract | It has been three months since the first confirmed case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Hong Kong, and people now have a more complete picture of the extent of the pandemic. Therefore, it is time to evaluate the impacts of COVID-19 on mental health. The current population-based study aimed to evaluate the depression and anxiety of people in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic. Respondents were randomly recruited and asked to complete a structured questionnaire, including the patient health questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), the generalized anxiety disorder-7 (GAD-7), the global rating of change scale and items related to COVID-19. Of the 500 respondents included in the study, 19% had depression (PHQ-9 score ≥ 10) and 14% had anxiety (GAD score ≥ 10). In addition, 25.4% reported that their mental health had deteriorated since the pandemic. Multiple logistic regression analysis found that not experiencing the SARS outbreak in 2003, being worried about being infected by COVID-19, being bothered by having not enough surgical masks and being bothered by not being able to work from home were associated with a poorer mental health status. Psychological support, such as brief, home-based psychological interventions, should be provided to citizens during the pandemic. | - |
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 | depression | - |
dc.subject | anxiety | - |
dc.subject | mental health | - |
dc.subject | Hong Kong | - |
dc.title | Depression and Anxiety in Hong Kong during COVID-19 | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Choi, EPH: ephchoi@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Hui, BPH: bryant09@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Wan, EYF: yfwan@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Choi, EPH=rp02329 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Hui, BPH=rp02495 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Wan, EYF=rp02518 | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/ijerph17103740 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 32466251 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85085335338 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 310145 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 17 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 10 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | article no. 3740 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | article no. 3740 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000539300900397 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Switzerland | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1660-4601 | - |