Fear-related emotional disorder in response to coronavirus disease 2019 in college students / 预防医学

ABSTRACT

Objective@#To understand and explore the fear-related emotional disorder and its influencing factors among college students during the prevalence of coronavirus disease 2019 （COVID-19）, in order to provide reference for the further health education and psychological intervention. @*Methods@#A self-designed questionnaire for general data and Psychological Questionnaires for Emergent Events of Public Health （PQEEPH） were typed in www.wjx.cn and sent out to the students of four univerties in Xi'an by WeChat from February 7th to 9th,2020. The status and influencing factors of fear-related emotional disorder in response to COVID-19 were analyzed. @*Results@#Totally 1 546 valid questionnaire were collected. The average age of the students was （20.24±1.60）years old. There were 761 males（49.22%）and 785（50.78%）females;499 medical students （32.27%）and 1 047 non-medical students（67.72%）. The average score of fear dimension was 0.90±0.59,which was the highest in PQEEPH. Moreover, 280 students had fear-related emotional deviance,accounting for 18.11%,and 57 students had fear-related emotional disorder,accounting for 3.69%. The rate of fear-related emotional disorder was significantly higher in non-medical students（4.58%）than in medical students（1.80%,P<0.05）. The rate of fear-related emotional disorder was significantly higher in the students who considered themselves close to COVID-19（4.22%）and at risk of COVID-19（5.45%） than in the students who did not（1.94% and 0.98%,both P<0.05）. @*Conclusions@#Totally 3.69% of the students from universities in Xi'an suffer from fear-related emotional disorder in response to COVID-19. The students who do not major in medicine are prone to developing fear-related emotional disorder.