Immediate psychological responses and associated factors during the initial stage of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic among the general population in China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2020, Pages

  Wang, Cuiyan ^a   Pan, Riyu ^a   Wan, Xiaoyang ^a   Tan, Yilin ^a   Xu, Linkang ^a   Ho, Cyrus S ^b,c   Ho, Roger C ^a,c,d  

^a HUAIBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d National University of Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Coronavirus; Depression; Epidemic; Knowledge; Precaution; Psychological impact; Respiratory symptoms; Stress

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH STATUS; KNOWLEDGE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SYMPTOM;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; COMMON COLD; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION ANXIETY STRESS SCALE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; EPIDEMIC; GENDER; HAND WASHING; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL STRESS; MYALGIA; ONLINE SYSTEM; SNOWBALL SAMPLE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; CHILD; COMPLICATION; CORONAVIRINAE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA;

CORONAVIRUS;

COVID-19;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHINA; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85081198190     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17051729     Document Type: Article

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