利用社交媒体数据评估 COVID-19 对中国心理健康的影响。
Using social media data to assess the impact of COVID-19 on mental health in China.
机构信息
School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
出版信息
Psychol Med. 2023 Jan;53(2):388-395. doi: 10.1017/S0033291721001598. Epub 2021 Apr 20.
BACKGROUND
The outbreak and rapid spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) not only caused an adverse impact on physical health, but also brought about mental health problems among the public.
METHODS
To assess the causal impact of COVID-19 on psychological changes in China, we constructed a city-level panel data set based on the expressed sentiment in the contents of 13 million geotagged tweets on Sina Weibo, the Chinese largest microblog platform.
RESULTS
Applying a difference-in-differences approach, we found a significant deterioration in mental health status after the occurrence of COVID-19. We also observed that this psychological effect faded out over time during our study period and was more pronounced among women, teenagers and older adults. The mental health impact was more likely to be observed in cities with low levels of initial mental health status, economic development, medical resources and social security.
CONCLUSIONS
Our findings may assist in the understanding of mental health impact of COVID-19 and yield useful insights into how to make effective psychological interventions in this kind of sudden public health event.
背景
2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）的爆发和迅速传播不仅对身体健康造成了不良影响，也给公众带来了心理健康问题。
方法
为了评估 COVID-19 对中国心理变化的因果影响，我们基于新浪微博上 1300 万条带有地理标记的微博内容中的表达情绪，构建了一个城市层面的面板数据集。
结果
应用双重差分法，我们发现 COVID-19 发生后心理健康状况明显恶化。我们还观察到，在我们的研究期间，这种心理效应随着时间的推移逐渐消失，在女性、青少年和老年人中更为明显。心理健康影响在初始心理健康状况、经济发展、医疗资源和社会保障水平较低的城市中更容易观察到。
结论
我们的研究结果可能有助于理解 COVID-19 对心理健康的影响，并为如何在这种突发公共卫生事件中进行有效的心理干预提供有用的见解。
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