Association of Social Media Use With Mental Health Conditions of Nonpatients During the COVID-19 Outbreak: Insights from a National Survey Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Considerable research has been devoted to examining the mental health conditions of patients with COVID-19 and medical staff attending to these patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there are few insights concerning how the pandemic may take a toll on the mental health of the general population, and especially of nonpatients (ie, individuals who have not contracted COVID-19).

Objective

This study aimed to investigate the association between social media use and mental health conditions in the general population based on a national representative sample during the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak in China.

Methods

We formed a national representative sample (N=2185) comprising participants from 30 provinces across China, who were the first to experienc

SUBMITTER: Zhong B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7781586 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature