Youth mental health before and after the control of the coronavirus disease 2019: A nationally representative cohort study of Chinese college students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To investigate youth mental health changes over the course of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) using a national probability sample and longitudinal design.

Methods

A representative sample of 4918 Chinese college students were surveyed during the initial outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic for the first wave and after the new cases steadily declined for the second wave. Mental health was measured by the ten-question Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K-10). Logistic regression model was fitted to compare changes in psychological distress before and after the peak of the pandemic.

Results

Of the respondents of both waves, 45.04% reported psychological distress during the initial outbreak of the pandemic and 26.49% reported it when new COVID-19 cases stead

SUBMITTER: Gong S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8995102 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature