Journal of International Psychiatry

[Abstract] Objective To investigate the psychological impacts on people and analyze the risk factors of depression during the outbreak of COVID-19.Method The general questionnaire, self-rating anxiety scale (SAS), self-rating depression scale (SDS) and stress scale (PSS-10) were completed online. And the risk factors of depression were analyzed.Result The total of 5097 people answer the survey, 441 of whom were excluded because of incompletion. And 4656 (91.3%) valid questionnaires were collected.The ratio of depression and anxiety was 17.5% and 11.9%, respectively. The average score of PSS was (12.59±6.96). The Pearson correlation suggested that depression was significantly correlated with anxiety and the level of psychological stress. A binary logistic regression analysis indicated that the risk factors of depression include gentle, marriage, education, occupation, the level of psychological stress and anxiety. Conclusion The psychological health became worse, especially the ratio of depression increased during the epidemic of COVID-19. The government should pay more attention to the people’s psychologyical health.

[Keywords] COVID-19；Psychology；Depression；Risk Factors