Emotional Distress and Associated Factors among the General Population during the COVID-19 Pandemic in China: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey

Yang, Lei, Sun, Jingwen, Wang, Duolao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2788-2464, Rahman, Atif, Shi, Zumin, Wang, Youfa and Li, Xiaomei (2022) 'Emotional Distress and Associated Factors among the General Population during the COVID-19 Pandemic in China: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey'. COVID, Vol 2, Issue 3, pp. 261-272.

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Abstract

Objective: This study investigated emotional distress and associated factors among the general population in the aftermath of the COVID-19 lockdown in China.
Design and sample: An online nationwide survey was conducted using a self-designed questionnaire, which included items related to demography, lifestyle, and experience of emotional distress during the previous month of the pandemic period. A total of 10,545 respondents completed the survey.
Results: Over 30% of participants reported experiencing one or more symptoms of emotional distress to a moderate or higher degree. Increased emotional distress was associated with COVID-19-related impact on diet (β = −1.106, 95% CI: −1.187 to −1.026, p 0.001), experiencing food shortage (β = 1.334, 95% CI: 1.117 to 1.551, p 0.001), lack of physical exercise (β = −0.845, 95% CI: −1.024 to −0.667, p 0.001), younger age (β = −0.050, 95% CI: −0.062 to −0.039, p 0.001), being a smoker (β = 0.852, 95% CI: 0.604 to 1.100, p 0.001), lower education level (β = −0.524, 95% CI: −0.702 to −0.346, p 0.001), and lack of medical insurance (β = −0.742, 95% CI: −1.012 to −0.473, p 0.001). Emotional distress was negatively associated time spent sleeping (β = −0.020, 95% CI: −0.027 to −0.013, p 0.001).
Conclusion: The levels of emotional distress are high in the aftermath of the lockdown and associated with a number of demographic and lifestyle factors.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	WA Public Health > WA 30 Socioeconomic factors in public health (General) WA Public Health > Statistics. Surveys > WA 900 Public health statistics WA Public Health > Statistics. Surveys > WA 950 Theory or methods of medical statistics. Epidemiologic methods WC Communicable Diseases > Virus Diseases > Viral Respiratory Tract Infections. Respirovirus Infections > WC 506 COVID-19
Faculty: Department:	Clinical Sciences & International Health > Clinical Sciences Department
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.3390/covid2030021
SWORD Depositor:	JISC Pubrouter
Depositing User:	JISC Pubrouter
Date Deposited:	29 Jun 2022 14:00
Last Modified:	16 Jun 2023 09:24
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/20087

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