Qiu Qin-Ming, Xiao Yu
Department of Psychiatry, Huzhou Third People's Hospital, Huzhou 313001, Zhejiang Province, China.
Psychosomatic Medical Center, The Fourth People's Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu 610036, Sichuan Province, China.
World J Psychiatry. 2025 Feb 19;15(2):97971. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i2.97971.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak lasted several months, having started in December 2019. This study aimed to report the impacts of various factors on the depression levels of the general public and ascertain how emotional measures could be affected by psychosocial factors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
To investigate the depression levels of the general public in China during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A total of 2001 self-reported questionnaires about Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) were collected on August 22, 2022 the website. Each questionnaire included four levels of depression and other demographic information. The BDI scores and incidences of different depression levels were compared between various groups of respondents. analysis and the two-tailed -test were used to assess categorical and continuous data, respectively. Multiple linear regressions and logistic regressions were employed for correlation analysis.
The averaged BDI score in this study was higher than that for the non-epidemic periods, as reported in previous studies. Even higher BDI scores and incidences of moderate and severe depression were recorded for people who were quarantined for suspected COVID-19 infection, compared to the respondents who were not quarantined. The participants who did not take protective measures were associated with higher BDI scores than those who made efforts to keep themselves relatively safer. Similarly, the people who did not return to work had higher BDI scores compared to those managed to. A significant association existed between the depression levels of the subgroups and each of the factors, except gender and location of residence. However, quarantine was the most relative predictor for depression levels, followed by failure to take preventive measures and losing a partner, either through divorce or death.
Based on these data, psychological interventions for the various subpopulations in the general public can be implemented during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Other countries can also use the data as a reference.
2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）疫情自2019年12月开始，持续了数月。本研究旨在报告各种因素对普通公众抑郁水平的影响，并确定在COVID-19大流行期间心理社会因素如何影响情绪测量指标。
调查COVID-19大流行期间中国普通公众的抑郁水平。
2022年8月22日在网站上共收集了2001份关于贝克抑郁量表（BDI）的自我报告问卷。每份问卷包括四个抑郁水平等级以及其他人口统计学信息。比较了不同受访者群体之间的BDI得分和不同抑郁水平的发生率。分别使用卡方分析和双尾t检验来评估分类数据和连续数据。采用多元线性回归和逻辑回归进行相关性分析。
本研究中的BDI平均得分高于先前研究报告的非疫情时期。与未被隔离的受访者相比，因疑似感染COVID-19而被隔离的人群的BDI得分更高，中度和重度抑郁的发生率也更高。未采取防护措施的参与者的BDI得分高于那些努力让自己相对更安全的参与者。同样，未复工的人群的BDI得分高于成功复工的人群。除性别和居住地点外，各亚组的抑郁水平与每个因素之间均存在显著关联。然而，隔离是抑郁水平最相关的预测因素，其次是未采取预防措施以及因离婚或死亡失去伴侣。
基于这些数据，在COVID-19大流行期间及之后，可以对普通公众中的各类亚人群实施心理干预措施。其他国家也可将这些数据作为参考。
