@article{ref1,
title="Prevalence and correlates of PTSD and depressive symptoms one month after the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic in a sample of home-quarantined Chinese university students",
journal="Journal of affective disorders",
year="2020",
author="Tang, Wanjie and Hu, Tao and Hu, Baodi and Jin, Chunhan and Wang, Gang and Xie, Chao and Chen, Sen and Xu, Jiuping",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: : When COVID-19 emerged in China in late 2019, most citizens were home-quarantined to prevent the spread of the virus. This study explored the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression in a sample of home-quarantined college students to identify the psychological distress risk factors. <br><br>METHOD: : The PTSD and depressive symptoms in the 2485 participants from 6 universities were investigated using online survey versions of the PTSD Checklist Civilian Version and the 9-question Patient Health Questionnaires (PHQ-9), and data on sleep durations, exposure, home-quarantine time and socio-demographic variables were also collected. <br><br>RESULTS: : The PTSD and depression prevalence were found to be 2.7% and 9.0%. Subjectively, feeling extreme fear was the most significant risk factor for psychological distress, followed by short sleep durations, being in their graduating year (4<sup>th</sup> year) and living in severely afflicted areas. Sleep durations was a mediator between exposures and mental health problems. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: : The results suggested that the psychological consequences of the COVID-19 could be serious. Psychological interventions that reduce fear and improve sleep durations need to be made available to the home-quarantined university students, and graduating students and those in the worst-hit areas should be given priority focus.<br><br>© 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0165-0327",
doi="10.1016/j.jad.2020.05.009",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.05.009"
}