articlePLoS ONEApr 16, 2020GOLD OA

Mental health problems and social media exposure during COVID-19 outbreak

Fudan University

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Abstract

Huge citizens expose to social media during a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbroke in Wuhan, China. We assess the prevalence of mental health problems and examine their association with social media exposure. A cross-sectional study among Chinese citizens aged≥18 years old was conducted during Jan 31 to Feb 2, 2020. Online survey was used to do rapid assessment. Total of 4872 participants from 31 provinces and autonomous regions were involved in the current study. Besides demographics and social media exposure (SME), depression was assessed by The Chinese version of WHO-Five Well-Being Index (WHO-5) and anxiety was assessed by Chinese version of generalized anxiety disorder scale (GAD-7).…

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Keywords
  • Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Outbreak
  • 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
  • Betacoronavirus
  • Medicine
  • Coronavirus Infections
  • Pandemic
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Good health and well-being
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