Anxiety and depression in primary and middle school students quarantined in hotels during the COVID-19 epidemic
10.3969/j.issn.1000-6729.2024.03.011
- VernacularTitle:新型冠状病毒感染疫情期间酒店隔离中小学生焦虑抑郁状态
- Author:
Min CHEN
1
;
Lu TONG
;
Guohua LI
;
Yanhua YU
;
Lihui GAO
;
Yunhe ZHANG
;
Zhanzhou YU
;
Yanyan CHEN
;
Xiaojie SUI
;
Yinxia BAI
Author Information
1. 内蒙古自治区精神卫生中心,内蒙古自治区第三医院,呼和浩特 010010
- Keywords:
novel coronavirus infection;
primary school student;
middle school student;
anxiety;
depres-sion;
quarantine
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2024;38(3):260-264
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To investigate symptoms of anxiety and depression among primary and middle school students quarantined in hotels during the COVID-19 epidemic.Methods:Anxiety and depression symptoms among 726 primary and middle school students quarantined in hotels were investigated with The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders(SCARED)and Depression Self-rating Scale for Children(DSRSC)from September to October 2022 in Chifeng City,Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.There were 624 students completed investi-gation with response rate of 86％.The positive score of SCARED was ≥23 and DSRSC was ≥ 15.Results:The detection rates of anxiety and depression were 17.9％and 15.4％respectively.The detection rates of anxiety and depression were higherin middle school students than inprimary school students(Ps＜0.05).The scores of general-ized anxiety and social phobia factors were higher in female students than in male students(Ps＜0.05).The scores of dissociative anxiety factor and depression were higher in middle school students than in primary school students(Ps＜0.05).Conclusion:During the COVID-19 epidemic,middle school students quarantined in hotels are more likely to have anxiety and depression symptoms than primary school students,and female students are more likely to have anxiety symptoms than male students.
