Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, Building No.3 1-6-1 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 169-8050, Japan; Department of Preventive Intervention for Psychiatric Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawahigashicho, Kodaira, Tokyo, 187-8553, Japan.
Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University, 1-31 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan.
Public Health. 2020 Dec;189:91-93. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2020.09.017. Epub 2020 Oct 10.
The aim of the study was to examine COVID-19 preventive behaviours among individuals with mental health problems.
This is a pooled cross-sectional study.
Online survey data were analysed from 2000 Japanese adults collected in April and May 2020. Information was obtained on 13 COVID-19 preventive behaviours and anxiety and depressive symptoms using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale and Patient Health Questionnaire-9, respectively. Linear regression analysis was used to examine the associations.
In models adjusted for demographic and socio-economic factors, anxiety (coefficient: -0.77, 95% confidence interval [CI]: -1.30, -0.24) and depressive symptoms (coefficient: -0.82, 95% CI: -1.34, -0.30) were both associated with significantly lower engagement in COVID-19 preventive behaviours.
Our results highlight the importance of facilitating the performance of preventive behaviours in individuals with mental health problems to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in this population.
本研究旨在探讨心理健康问题个体的 COVID-19 预防行为。
这是一项汇总的横断面研究。
2020 年 4 月至 5 月，对 2000 名日本成年人的在线调查数据进行了分析。使用广泛性焦虑障碍 7 项量表和患者健康问卷-9 分别获取了 13 项 COVID-19 预防行为以及焦虑和抑郁症状的信息。采用线性回归分析来检验相关性。
在调整了人口统计学和社会经济因素的模型中，焦虑（系数：-0.77，95%置信区间[CI]：-1.30，-0.24）和抑郁症状（系数：-0.82，95%CI：-1.34，-0.30）均与 COVID-19 预防行为的参与度显著降低相关。
我们的研究结果强调了在心理健康问题个体中促进预防行为的重要性，以防止该人群中 COVID-19 的传播。
