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. 2020 Aug 28;15(8):e0238416.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238416. eCollection 2020.

Anxiety and depressive symptoms among COVID-19 patients in Jianghan Fangcang Shelter Hospital in Wuhan, China

Ling-Ling Dai  1   2 , Xi Wang  1 , Tian-Ci Jiang  1 , Peng-Fei Li  1 , Yu Wang  1 , Shu-Jun Wu  1 , Liu-Qun Jia  1 , Meng Liu  1 , Lin An  1 , Zhe Cheng  1   2
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Anxiety and depressive symptoms among COVID-19 patients in Jianghan Fangcang Shelter Hospital in Wuhan, China

Ling-Ling Dai et al. PLoS One. .

Abstract

Fangcang shelter hospitals were established in China during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic as a countermeasure to stop the spread of the disease. To our knowledge, no research has been conducted on mental health problems among patients in Fangcang shelter hospitals. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and major influencing factors of anxiety and depressive symptoms among COVID-19 patients admitted to Fangcang shelter hospitals. From February 23, 2020, to February 26, 2020, we obtained sociodemographic and clinical characteristics information of COVID-19 patients in Jianghan Fangcang Shelter Hospital (Wuhan, China) and assessed their mental health status and sleep quality. Data were obtained with an online questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of a set of items on demographic characteristics, a set of items on clinical characteristics, the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, Self-Rating Depression Scale, and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Three hundred seven COVID-19 patients who were admitted to Jianghan Fangcang Shelter Hospital participated in this study. The prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms were 18.6% and 13.4%, respectively. Poor sleep quality and having ≥ two current physical symptoms were independent risk factors for anxiety symptoms. Female sex, having a family member with confirmed COVID-19, and having ≥ two current physical symptoms were independent risk factors for depressive symptoms. Anxiety and depressive symptoms were found to be common among COVID-19 patients in Fangcang Shelter Hospital, with some patients being at high risk.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Fig 1. Histogram of the frequency distribution of comorbidities and current physical symptoms.
a: Histogram of the frequency distribution of comorbidities of patients in Jianghan Fangcang Shelter Hospital in Wuhan, China. b: Histogram of the frequency distribution of current physical symptoms of patients in Jianghan Fangcang Shelter Hospital in Wuhan, China. COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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