COVID-19: Are you ready to seek psychological help during home quarantine?
Abstract Background: Since December 2019, an increasing number of cases named Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been identified in Wuhan, China. It has widely and rapidly spread in China and several other countries. The public experienced mental health problems during home quarantine.Methods:From Feb 17 to 20, 2020, a questionnaire star survey was used to evaluate the psychological distress / psychological help-seeking attitudes and behavior of 3,248 people over 18 years old who were quarantined at home, all the subjects filled out the questionnaires, including general information questionnaire, Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K-10),Attitudes Toward Seeking Mental Health and Psychological help-seeking behavior items.Results:3,248 individuals were enrolled, and the score of psychological distress scale was 15·93±6·99, the score of psychological help seeking was 82·34 ±13·04. Among the socio-economic factors, age was positively associated with the psychological distress(t=5·60,P<0·05) and attitudes toward seeking mental health(t=-3·380,P<0·05); the level of income were negatively associated with psychological distress(t=-2·609,P<0·05) and attitudes toward seeking mental health(t=-2·762,P<0·05); occupation were negatively associated with the level of psychological distress(t=-2·842,P<0·05); gender and the level of education were positively associated with the level of attitudes toward seeking mental health(t=6·355,P<0·05;t=3·780,P<0·05); marital status were negatively associated with the level of attitudes toward seeking mental health(t=-3·455,P<0·05).Conclusions: Widowed, rural residents, people with low level of education and economic income should be the focus of COVID-19’s mental health maintenance, and making good use of media and internet tools to strengthen publicity is one of the key points of current prevention and control.