Different prevalence trend of depression and anxiety among healthcare workers and general public before and after the peak of COVID-19 occurred in China: A meta-analysis.
Asian J Psychiatr
; 56: 102547, 2021 Feb.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1037163
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
We aim to evaluate the prevalence of depression and anxiety among general public and healthcare workers during COVID-19 in China and the changes of prevalence before and after the peak of the epidemic occurred.METHODS:
Studies were searched from following database PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), WANGFANG DATA, from inception to 1 st May 2020. Random-effects model was applied to pool the prevalence. Comparative analysis was also applied to evaluate the changes of prevalence before and after the peak of the epidemic occurred.RESULTS:
34 articles were finally included. Prevalence of depression and anxiety was higher among healthcare worker than general public. Among general public, 26 % (95 %CI 17 %-36 %) were suffering from depression and 22 % (95 %CI 15 %-30 %) were having anxiety during COVID-19, while the prevalence of depression and anxiety among healthcare workers was 31 % (95 %CI 25 %-37 %) and 40 % (95 %CI 33 %-46 %) respectively. Comparative analysis showed healthcare workers (depression 40 %, anxiety 38 %) had higher percentage of having depression and anxiety than the general public (depression 33 %, anxiety 24 %) before the peak. Then a descended prevalence among healthcare workers (depression 22 %, anxiety 22 %) was detected compared with that before, while the prevalence among the general public raised (depression 62 %, anxiety 44 %) after the peak occurred.CONCLUSION:
The COVID-19 epidemic had a potential psychiatric impact on general public and healthcare workers in China, which is more severer among healthcare workers. However, the psychiatric status of the general public trend to deteriorated, while healthcare workers trend to improve after the peak of epidemic.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Anxiety
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Anxiety Disorders
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Health Personnel
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Depression
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Depressive Disorder
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
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Reviews
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Asian J Psychiatr
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.ajp.2021.102547
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