Prevalence of depression in China during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in an online survey sample.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We aimed to determine (1) the prevalence of depression during the COVID-19 pandemic among Chinese adults and (2) how depression prevalence varied by province and sociodemographic characteristics.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

National online survey in China.

Participants

We conducted a cross-sectional online survey among adults registered with the survey company KuRunData from 8 May 2020 to 8 June 2020. We aimed to recruit 300-360 adults per province (n=14 493), with a similar distribution by sex and rural-urban residency as the general population within each of these provinces.

Primary outcome

Participants completed the Patient Health Questionaire-9 (PHQ-9). We calculated the prevalence of depression (defined as a PHQ-9 score ≥10) nat

SUBMITTER: Liu W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8914405 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature