{"id":4594,"date":"2020-02-24T13:12:28","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T21:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/?p=4594"},"modified":"2021-02-22T13:13:26","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T21:13:26","slug":"generalized-anxiety-disorder-depressive-symptoms-and-sleep-quality-during-covid-19-epidemic-in-china-a-web-based-cross-sectional-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2020\/02\/24\/generalized-anxiety-disorder-depressive-symptoms-and-sleep-quality-during-covid-19-epidemic-in-china-a-web-based-cross-sectional-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Generalized anxiety disorder, depressive symptoms and sleep quality during COVID-19 epidemic in China: a web-based cross-sectional survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">603 Chinese individuals of various professions were surveyed about anxiety, depression, insomnia, and knowledge of COVID-19. Depressive and anxious symptoms were reported significantly more in younger respondents &lt;35. Anxiety was greatest among those reporting reading or focusing on COVID-10 for 3+ hours daily.\u00a0Poorest sleep was reported among healthcare providers, likely linked to general exhaustion, job-related chronic stress, and psychological distress. Recommendations for improving mental health are provided.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Huang and Zhao (Feb, 23, 2020). Generalized anxiety disorder, depressive symptoms and sleep quality during COVID-19 epidemic in China: a web-based cross-sectional survey. Pre-print downloaded Feb 24 from<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1101\/2020.02.19.20025395\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1101\/2020.02.19.20025395<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>603 Chinese individuals of various professions were surveyed about anxiety, depression, insomnia, and knowledge of COVID-19. Depressive and anxious symptoms were reported significantly more in younger respondents &lt;35. Anxiety was greatest among those reporting reading or focusing on COVID-10 for 3+ hours daily.\u00a0Poorest sleep was reported among healthcare providers, likely linked to general exhaustion, job-related&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2020\/02\/24\/generalized-anxiety-disorder-depressive-symptoms-and-sleep-quality-during-covid-19-epidemic-in-china-a-web-based-cross-sectional-survey\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"topic":[18],"class_list":["post-4594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-summary","topic-mental-health-and-personal-impact"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4594"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4595,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4594\/revisions\/4595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4594"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=4594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}