Shenzhen Bao'an District Central Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
School of Public Health, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, China.
Front Public Health. 2023 Mar 9;11:1143836. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1143836. eCollection 2023.
Due to the outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019, there has been a significant impact on the mental health of parents. However, no detailed study on the mental health status of parents has been conducted to date.
This study was a cross-sectional used a whole-group random sampling method to conduct an online questionnaire survey with 102,883 parents in Guangdong Province, China, April 25, 2020 and May 14, 2020. Anxiety was assessed by using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder tool (GAD-7). Potential factors of anxiety were estimated using univariate analysis and multivariate logistic regression analysis by SPSS 22.0 statistical software.
Among the total 94,705 parents who have completed the questionnaire survey (92.05% response rate). The incidence of anxiety was 23.77%. Parents' anxiety symptoms are more likely to be caused by female family roles, higher levels of education, unemployed or jobless employment status, children not being an only child, and children having negative attitudes toward online courses.
Our research shows that most parents experienced mild anxiety during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 epidemic. Our findings provide strong evidence for investigating and focusing on the mental health of this population during the COVID-19 epidemic. Therefore, governments and healthcare departments at all levels should actively provide psychological counseling services to relieve their anxiety symptoms.
由于 2019 年冠状病毒病（Coronavirus Disease 2019，COVID-19）的爆发，父母的心理健康受到了重大影响。然而，迄今为止，尚未对父母的心理健康状况进行详细研究。
本研究采用横断面研究，于 2020 年 4 月 25 日至 5 月 14 日，采用整群随机抽样方法，对广东省 102883 名家长进行了在线问卷调查。采用广泛性焦虑障碍量表（Generalized Anxiety Disorder tool，GAD-7）评估焦虑情况。采用 SPSS 22.0 统计软件进行单因素分析和多因素 logistic 回归分析，估计焦虑的潜在因素。
在完成问卷调查的 94705 名家长中（92.05%的应答率），焦虑发生率为 23.77%。父母的焦虑症状更可能由女性家庭角色、较高的教育水平、失业或无业就业状态、子女不是独生子女、以及子女对在线课程持消极态度引起。
我们的研究表明，在 COVID-19 疫情期间，大多数父母经历了轻度焦虑。我们的研究结果为调查和关注这一人群的心理健康提供了有力证据。因此，各级政府和卫生保健部门应积极提供心理咨询服务，以缓解他们的焦虑症状。
