A cross-sectional online survey of depression symptoms among New Zealand's Asian community in the first 10 months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic has elevated levels of distress and resulted in anti-Asian discrimination in many countries. We aimed to determine the 10-month prevalence of depression symptoms in Asian adults in New Zealand during the pandemic and to see if this was related to experience of racism. An online survey was conducted and a stratified sample of 402 respondents completed the brief Centre for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D) scale. Analyses included: descriptive statistics, depression scores by age/gender, factor analysis of the 10 item CES-D and partial correlation network analysis of CES-D items together with questions about experience of racism. Results show that half of the sample reported clinically significant symptoms of depression. Depression was higher among younger part

SUBMITTER: Siegert RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11619012 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature