The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of young people: A comparison between China and the United Kingdom
| Autor: | Ming-Bo Liu, Jing-Ye Zhan, Zhuo-Er Sun, Géraldine Dufour, Julieta Galante, Chen-Qi Xing, Li-Li Wu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Male Medicine (General) Longitudinal study China Logistic regression Psychological Distress Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult R5-920 0302 clinical medicine Intervention (counseling) Pandemic medicine Prevalence Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 030222 orthopedics SARS-CoV-2 Loneliness COVID-19 030208 emergency & critical care medicine Mental health United Kingdom Mental Health Surgery Original Article Young people Female medicine.symptom General Health Questionnaire Psychology Demography Posttraumatic stress symptoms |
| Zdroj: | Chinese Journal of Traumatology Chinese Journal of Traumatology, Vol 24, Iss 4, Pp 231-236 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1008-1275 |
| Popis: | s: Purpose: As COVID-19 spreads globally and affects people's health, there are concerns that the pandemic and control policies may have psychological effects on young people (age from 17 to 35 years). This psychological impact might vary in different countries, and thus we compared the prevalence of self-reported psychological distress, loneliness and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) among young people in the United Kingdom (UK) and China at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Data of this study came from two sources. One source was the first wave of COVID-19 study in Understanding Society, a special wave of the UK household longitudinal study, which provided the high-quality, national-wide representative panel data. The sample comprised 1054 young people. The other source was an online survey on the mental health of 1003 young people from Shanghai, a highly developed area in China. The questionnaire included questions on the prevalence of common mental disorders (cut-off score ≥ 4), loneliness and potential PTSS (cut-off ≥ 33). Univariable analyses were conducted to test the differences in the self-reported prevalence of psychological distress and loneliness between the two groups. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were run to explore the predictors of psychological distress and loneliness among all the young people from England and Shanghai. Results: Among the samples with self-reported psychological distress, the UK sample accounted for 34.4% (n=1054) and the Chinese sample accounted for 14.1% (n=1003). The difference between the two groups was statistically significant (p |
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