Ahmed Md Zahir, Ahmed Oli, Hanbin Sang, Xie Pei, Jobe Mary C, Li Weijian
School of Psychology, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China.
Department of Psychology, University of Chittagong, Chattogram, Bangladesh.
Alpha Psychiatry. 2024 Jun 1;25(3):329-336. doi: 10.5152/alphapsychiatry.2024.241574. eCollection 2024 Jun.
The present study aims to assess the mental health of Chinese people during the Omicron variant outbreak in March 2022. This study also explores how coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) exposure history, vaccination status, sleep quality, and alcohol dependency symptoms influence mental health outcomes.
The data were collected from 1049 Chinese people through Tencent using a structured questionnaire utilizing convenience sampling technique. The online cross-sectional study included the Chinese version of the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale 21, the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test, Fear of COVID-19 Scale, Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale, and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index to assess depression, anxiety, stress, alcohol dependency, fear of COVID-19, and sleep quality, respectively. Statistical analyses included independent sample -tests and tests to assess the differences in study variables across demographic characteristics, and multiple linear regressions to assess the effect of the experience of COVID-19 infection, vaccination, and mental health variables on sleep quality and alcohol dependency.
Results showed that 11.5% to 32.4% of the participants had a poor mental health symptoms. Males had significantly higher depressive symptoms ( = 12.283, df = 4, = .015) and alcohol dependency symptoms ( = 66.604, df = 3, < .001), and females had significantly lower mental well-being ( = 12.742, df = 2, = .002). Additionally, findings showed that stress ( = .250, < .001), mental well-being ( = -.166, < .001), and fear of COVID-19 ( = .061, = .029) predicted poorer sleep quality, and anxiety ( = .115, = .035) and mental well-being ( = -.097, = .002) predicted alcohol dependency symptoms.
Since the pandemic-induced mental health challenges persist for a prolonged period, the findings of these relationships offer guidance for mental health professionals to formulate therapeutic interventions to help people cope with psychological crises.
本研究旨在评估2022年3月奥密克戎变异株疫情期间中国人的心理健康状况。本研究还探讨了2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）暴露史、疫苗接种状况、睡眠质量和酒精依赖症状如何影响心理健康结果。
通过腾讯使用结构化问卷，采用便利抽样技术从1049名中国人中收集数据。这项在线横断面研究包括中文版的21项抑郁、焦虑和压力量表、酒精使用障碍识别测试、对COVID-19的恐惧量表、沃里克-爱丁堡心理健康量表和匹兹堡睡眠质量指数，分别用于评估抑郁、焦虑、压力、酒精依赖、对COVID-19的恐惧和睡眠质量。统计分析包括独立样本t检验和方差分析，以评估研究变量在不同人口统计学特征之间的差异，以及多元线性回归，以评估COVID-19感染经历、疫苗接种和心理健康变量对睡眠质量和酒精依赖的影响。
结果显示，11.5%至32.4%的参与者存在心理健康症状不佳的情况。男性的抑郁症状（t = 12.283，df = 4，p = 0.015）和酒精依赖症状（F = 66.604，df = 3，p < 0.001）显著更高，而女性的心理健康状况显著更低（F = 12.742，df = 2，p = 0.002）。此外，研究结果表明，压力（β = 0.250，p < 0.001）、心理健康状况（β = -0.166，p < 0.001）和对COVID-19的恐惧（β = 0.061，p = 0.029）预示着睡眠质量较差，焦虑（β = 0.115，p = 0.035）和心理健康状况（β = -0.097，p = 0.002）预示着酒精依赖症状。
由于疫情引发的心理健康挑战长期存在，这些关系的研究结果为心理健康专业人员制定治疗干预措施提供了指导，以帮助人们应对心理危机。
