Investigation of anxiety and depression in patients from the emergency department during COVID-19 epidemic

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the status of anxiety and depression in patients requiring emergency treatment during the epidemic of COVID-19 to identify the patients with acute psychological stress disorder.

METHODS: During the COVID-19 epidemic, the medical staff divided the patients visiting the emergency department into suspected group, fever group and control group through interview of the patients at triage. Self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) and self-rating depression scale (SDS) were distributed to each patient, and a trained medical staff was responsible for assisting the patient to complete the scales.

RESULTS: A total of 557 sets of scales were distributed, including 211 in suspected COVID-19 case group, 167 in fever group and 179 in the control group. A total of 516 scales were retrieved, including 197 in suspected case group, 151 in fever group and 168 in control group. In the 3 groups, the incidence rates of anxiety and depression were 57.87% and 58.88%, 48.34% and 43.71%, and 18.31% and 18.99%, respectively, and the rates were significantly higher in suspected group and fever group than in the control group (P < 0.01), and significantly higher in suspected group than in fever group (P < 0.05). The standardized anxiety and depression scale scores in suspected case group, fever group and control group were 57.38±16.25 and 42.58±14.27, 51.23±15.29 and 38.32±15.39, and 32.58±17.8 and 12.25±12.94, respectively. Compared with the control group, both suspected case group and fever group had significantly higher standard scores for anxiety and depression (P < 0.01), and suspected case group had significantly higher standardized scores than fever group (P < 0.01).

CONCLUSIONS: Among the patients visiting the emergency treatment, the patients with suspected COVID-19 and common fever are more likely to develop anxiety and depressive symptoms.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:40

Enthalten in:

Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University - 40(2020), 9 vom: 30. Sept., Seite 1369-1372

Sprache:

Chinesisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Qingxia [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Xiaoxia [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Xiuying [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Jiangfeng [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Jingwen [VerfasserIn]
Hou, Deren [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute psychological stress disorder
COVID-19
Journal Article
Self-rating anxiety scale
Self-rating depression scale

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Date Completed 01.10.2020

Date Revised 18.12.2020

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2020.09.23

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM315609079