AUTHOR=Li Shiming , Guo Bingbing , Lu Xiao , Yang Queping , Zhu Haohao , Ji Yingying , Jiang Ying 

TITLE=Investigation of Mental Health Literacy and Status of Residents During the Re-Outbreak of COVID-19 in China

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.895553

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2022.895553

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=Introduction The current researches on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health were mostly limited to evaluation of the first round of the epidemic, few reports focused on the impact of the re-emergence of COVID-19. This study aimed to investigate the mental health literacy and status of residents during re-outbreak of COVID-19 in China.
Methods The basic information sheet, health literacy survey scale, physical health questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), generalized anxiety disorder-7 (GAD-7), insomnia severity index (ISI) and alzheimer dementia 8 (AD8) were applied to evaluate the mental health literacy, mental health status and elderly cognitive function, and statistical analysis was performed. 
Results 2306 participants were involved in this study, of which 734 people completed the mental health literacy survey. The qualified rate of mental health literacy was 6.40%. The difference is statistically significant. 1015 people completed the survey of mental health status, the prevalence of depressive symptoms was 8.87%, the monthly income of different families (χ2=13.96, P=0.01), the self-assessed health status (χ2=128.56, P<0.05), the presence or absence of chronic diseases (χ2 =4.78, P=0.03), the difference was statistically significant; the prevalence of anxiety symptoms was 3.84%, different regions (χ2=12.26, P<0.05), occupations (χ2=11.65, P<0.05), household monthly income (χ2=12.65, P=0.01), self-rated health status (χ2=151.11, P<0.05), and chronic diseases (χ2=7.77, P=0.01), the differences were statistically significant; the prevalence of insomnia symptoms was 7.98 % different age (χ2=18.45, P<0.05), region (χ2=5.11, P=0.02), monthly household income (χ2=12.68 P=0.01), self-assessed health status (χ2=91.71, P<0.05), There was a statistically significant difference between those with or without chronic diseases (χ2=33.25, P<0.05); 557 elderly people over 65 years old completed the cognitive dysfunction screening, the prevalence of cognitive dysfunction was 17.41%, and the different self-assessed health status (χ2=96.24, P<0.05) and with or without chronic diseases (χ2=107.09, P<0.05), the difference was statistically significant. 
Conclusion The mental health literacy and status of residents has not improved significantly during the second outbreak of the epidemic, indicating that under the normalization of epidemic prevention and control, more attention should be paid to the mental health of residents, and targeted health education and psychological intervention should be carried out to avoid relative adverse events.