Investigation On Individual Mental Health And Mental Stress Before And During COVID-19 Epidemic

Objective In recent years,major public health emergencies at home and abroad have emerged one after another,such as terrorist attacks,tsunamis,the spread of SARS and avian influenza,and the global epidemic of COVID-19 since 2019.Public health emergencies will not only lead to economic losses and political turmoil,but also cause serious harm to people’s mental health.Previous studies have shown that about50%~70% of people may have been exposed to traumatic events in their lifetime.After public health emergencies,people will have a series of psychological and physiological reactions,which we call stress reactions,and even develop into psychological stress disorder in severe cases.Since December 2019,a new type of coronapneumonia(COVID-19)has broken out in Wuhan,Hubei Province,China.With the spread of the epidemic,COVID-19 has become a public health emergency of international concern,which has rapidly developed into a global pandemic.On January 20,2020,China brought the new crown lung into Class B infectious diseases and managed it according to Class A.All provinces,cities,and autonomous regions across the country have actively taken corresponding measures to deal with the outbreak of the epidemic.Because of the sudden,highly contagious and certain mortality rate of COVID-19 lung,it poses a great threat to people’s life safety.Li Zhanjiang,a psychologist,wrote in Guangming Daily that people will feel more uncertain and uncontrollable because of the lack of understanding of the hazards and prevention and control measures of the epidemic,and may even have disastrous thinking,exaggerating the consequences of the epidemic,and then showing different degrees of psychological and behavioral stress reactions,psychological problems and even mental disorders.Related studies have also confirmed that public health emergencies can significantly affect residents’ healthy psychological state.On January 26,2020,the National Health and Health Commission issued relevant documents to deal with the adverse psychological impact of the epidemic on personnel at all levels.From the current situation,SARS-Co V-2 is more likely to become a virus that is difficult to be completely eliminated.Human beings may need to prepare for the long-term response to the COVID-19 epidemic.It is particularly important to explore the pathogenesis and treatment of COVID-19 in biology and how to deal with the acute and chronic psychological problems brought by the COVID-19 epidemic.The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of COVID-19 epidemic on individual mental health and stress response,and to provide some reference for the intervention of public psychological problem.Methods 520 residents were selected from the Internet to investigate their mental health status and stress response before and 3 weeks after the epidemic by using the Chinese version of 12-item general health questionnaire(GHQ-12),stress-reaction questionnaire(SRQ)and general situation questionnaire.χ2 test,nonparametric Z test and Spearman correlation analysis were selected for data analysis.Results After the outbreak,the detection rate of suspected mental health disorder increased to 23.46%(122/520),especially in the dimension of anxiety/depression.The positive detection rate of GHQ-12 has statistical significance in gender,age,marital status,residence type and attention to epidemic situation,but there is no statistical significance in residence.The total score of GHQ-12,the total score of SRQ and various factor scores were statistically significant.Spearman correlation analysis showed that individual attention to epidemic situation was positively correlated with GHQ-12 and SRQ total score and each factor score.Conclusion The epidemic situation in COVID-19 has increased people’s suspected mental disorders and increased individual stress level,which has adverse effects on individual mental health,especially in emotional aspects.Among them,people aged30-41,married and male residents need more attention.Individual’s excessive attention to epidemic situation may increase individual stress level,which is not conducive to individual mental health.