From: Mental health status of Chinese residents during the COVID-19 epidemic
Factors | Non-depressed group (n = 11,971) N(%)/ M ± SD | Mild depressive symptom group (n = 37,713) N(%)/ M ± SD | Moderate depressive symptom group (n = 6819) N(%)/ M ± SD | Severe depressive symptom group (n = 3696) N(%)/ M ± SD | χ2 | P | B | OR (95% CI) | P |
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Gender | |||||||||
 Female | 6481 (18.8%) | 21,714 (63.1%) | 3999 (11.6%) | 2224 (6.5%) | 67.133 | < 0.001 | Referent | 1.0 | – |
 Male | 5490 (21.3%) | 15,999 (62.1%) | 2820 (10.9%) | 1472 (5.7%) |  |  | −0.307 | 0.736 (0.705–0.767) | < 0.001 |
Age (years) | |||||||||
 18–25 | 6163 (34.5%) | 10,064 (56.4%) | 1059 (5.9%) | 572 (3.2%) | 23,912.598 | < 0.001 | Referent | 1.0 | – |
 26–35 | 3456 (18.7%) | 13,318 (72.2%) | 1088 (5.9%) | 583 (3.2%) |  |  | 0.601 | 1.824 (1.735–1.917) | < 0.001 |
 36–45 | 1112 (10.7%) | 8227 (79.5%) | 660 (6.4%) | 346 (3.3%) |  |  | 0.813 | 2.255 (2.128–2.389) | < 0.001 |
 46–55 | 953 (9.7%) | 5173 (52.4%) | 342 6 (34.7%) | 312 (3.2%) |  |  | 1.825 | 6.204 (5.833–6.597) | < 0.001 |
 56–65 | 287 (7.8%) | 931 (25.3%) | 586 (15.9%) | 1883 (51.1%) |  |  | 3.961 | 52.520 (48.416–56.971) | < 0.001 |
Education level | |||||||||
 Primary school | 1356 (24.3%) | 3312 (59.3%) | 680 (12.2%) | 237 (4.2%) | 240.618 | < 0.001 | Referent | 1.0 | – |
 Middle school | 253 (14.6%) | 1188 (68.6%) | 208 (12.0%) | 84 (4.8%) |  |  | 0.579 | 1.783 (1.558–2.041) | < 0.001 |
 High school | 3427 (18.0%) | 12,083 (63.5%) | 2197 (11.5%) | 1321 (6.9%) |  |  | 0.851 | 2.343 (2.196–2.500) | < 0.001 |
 Bachelor’s degree | 6273 (20.2%) | 19,529 (62.8%) | 3392 (10.9%) | 1904 (6.1%) |  |  | 0.607 | 1.834 (1.728–1.947) | < 0.001 |
 Master’s degree or above | 662 (24.0%) | 1601 (58.1%) | 342 (12.4%) | 150 (5.4%) |  |  | – | – | > 0.05 |
Occupation | |||||||||
 Worker | 1716 (17.2%) | 6618 (66.2%) | 1065 (10.6%) | 602 (6.0%) | 1260.539 | < 0.001 | Referent | 1.0 | – |
 Farmer | 644 (17.8%) | 2056 (56.9%) | 618 (17.1%) | 297 (8.2%) |  |  | 0.118 | 1.125 (1.030–1.229) | 0.009 |
 Soldier | 891 (16.9%) | 3276 (62.3%) | 780 (14.8%) | 315 (6.0%) |  |  | 0.243 | 1.275 (1.172–1.388) | < 0.001 |
 Medical staff | 2093 (22.9%) | 5359 (58.5%) | 973 (10.6%) | 728 (8.0%) |  |  | 0.294 | 1.341 (1.236–1.456) | < 0.001 |
 Teacher | 1336 (18.1%) | 5121 (69.2%) | 560 (7.6%) | 379 (5.1%) |  |  | 0.554 | 1.741 (1.622–1.868) | < 0.001 |
 Cadre | 1119 (29.6%) | 2099 (55.6%) | 417 (11.0%) | 142 (3.8%) |  |  | −0.391 | 0.676 (0.616–0.742) | < 0.001 |
 White collar | 2912 (24.1%) | 7156 (59.1%) | 1200 (9.9%) | 838 (6.9%) |  |  | – | – | > 0.05 |
 Other | 1260 (14.2%) | 6028 (67.8%) | 1206 (13.6%) | 395 (4.4%) |  |  | 0.238 | 1.269 (1.193–1.350) | < 0.001 |
Family structure in childhood | |||||||||
 Two parents | 8897 (21.1%) | 25,977 (61.7%) | 4748 (11.3%) | 2494 (5.9%) | 156.974 | < 0.001 | Referent | 1.0 | – |
 One parent | 1889 (17.6%) | 6854 (63.8%) | 1243 (11.6%) | 756 (7.0%) |  |  | 0.323 | 1.382 (1.301–1.468) | < 0.001 |
 Other | 1185 (16.1%) | 4882 (66.5%) | 828 (11.3%) | 446 (6.1%) |  |  | 0.448 | 1.566 (1.463–1.676) | < 0.001 |
Only child in the family | |||||||||
 No | 1950 (16.2%) | 7990 (66.3%) | 1467 (12.2%) | 644 (5.3%) | 161.151 | < 0.001 | Referent | 1.0 | – |
 Yes | 10,021 (20.8%) | 29,723 (61.7%) | 5352 (11.1%) | 3052 (6.3%) |  |  | – | – | > 0.05 |
Parenting style in childhood | |||||||||
 Authoritarian | 5723 (20.2%) | 17,917 (63.1%) | 2857 (10.1%) | 1899 (6.7%) | 139.812 | < 0.001 | Referent | 1.0 | – |
 Neglectful | 577 (22.7%) | 1550 (60.9%) | 320 (12.6%) | 99 (3.9%) |  |  | – | – | > 0.05 |
Permissive | 3492 (19.7%) | 10,949 (61.8%) | 2211 (12.5%) | 1054 (6.0%) |  |  | – | – | > 0.05 |
 Democratic | 2179 (18.9%) | 7297 (63.2%) | 1431 (12.4%) | 644 (5.6%) |  |  | −0.192 | 0.825 (0.775–0.878) | < 0.001 |
Living with parents before 10 years old | |||||||||
 Yes | 7036 (20.3%) | 21,089 (61.0%) | 4101 (11.9%) | 2355 (6.8%) | 124.316 | < 0.001 | Referent | 1.0 | – |
 No | 4935 (19.3%) | 16,624 (64.9%) | 2718 (10.6%) | 1341 (5.2%) |  |  | 0.292 | 1.340 (1.279–1.403) | < 0.001 |
Number of close friends | |||||||||
 None | 1402 (22.6%) | 3437 (55.4%) | 897 (14.5%) | 463 (7.5%) | 197.072 | < 0.001 | Referent | 1.0 | – |
 1–2 | 4413 (20.3%) | 13,675 (62.8%) | 2288 (10.5%) | 1415 (6.5%) |  |  | 0.533 | 1.705 (1.561–1.863) | < 0.001 |
  > 3 | 6156 (19.1%) | 20,601 (64.0%) | 3634 (11.3%) | 1818 (5.6%) |  |  | 0.250 | 1.284 (1.182–1.394) | < 0.001 |
The collective atmosphere in work/school | |||||||||
 Peace and tranquility | 3254 (17.0%) | 12,078 (63.1%) | 2576 (13.5%) | 1227 (6.4%) | 301.141 | < 0.001 | Referent | 1.0 | – |
 Occasional quarrels | 7119 (21.2%) | 21,177 (63.1%) | 3384 (10.1%) | 1890 (5.6%) |  |  | −0.132 | 0.876 (0.839–0.915) | < 0.001 |
 Frequent quarrels | 1598 (21.3%) | 4458 (59.5%) | 859 (11.5%) | 579 (7.7%) |  |  | −0.410 | 0.664 (0.617–0.714) | < 0.001 |
The management style of work/school | |||||||||
 Autocratic | 8670 (19.2%) | 28,464 (62.9%) | 5397 (11.9%) | 2739 (6.1%) | 139.059 | < 0.001 | Referent | 1.0 | – |
 Laissez-faire | 553 (23.5%) | 1506 (64.1%) | 153 (6.5%) | 137 (5.8%) |  |  | 0.490 | 1.632 (1.481–1.797) | < 0.001 |
 Democratic | 2748 (21.8%) | 7743 (61.6%) | 1269 (10.1%) | 820 (6.5%) |  |  | −0.086 | 0.917 (0.863–0.975) | 0.005 |
Marital status | |||||||||
 Unmarried | 2680 (21.4%) | 7710 (61.5%) | 1368 (10.9%) | 772 (6.2%) | 425.677 | < 0.001 | Referent | 1.0 | – |
 Married | 6156 (21.0%) | 18,280 (62.4%) | 3137 (10.7%) | 1726 (5.9%) |  |  | −0.212 | 0.809 (0.765–0.856) | < 0.001 |
 Divorced | 1540 (14.5%) | 6806 (63.9%) | 1639 (15.4%) | 667 (6.3%) |  |  | 0.273 | 1.313 (1.225–1.408) | < 0.001 |
 Remarried | 1312 (20.9%) | 3963 (63.3%) | 560 (8.9%) | 430 (6.9%) |  |  | −0.160 | 0.852 (0.788–0.921) | < 0.001 |
 Widowed | 283 (19.5%) | 954 (65.7%) | 115 (7.9%) | 101 (7.0%) |  |  | −0.347 | 0.707 (0.601–0.832) | < 0.001 |
Social activities of last 2 weeks | |||||||||
 0–2 | 4672 (20.5%) | 14,057 (61.7%) | 2553 (11.2%) | 1508 (6.6%) | 493.130 | < 0.001 | Referent | 1.0 | – |
 3–5 | 3132 (18.4%) | 10,500 (61.8%) | 2156 (12.7%) | 1215 (7.1%) |  |  | 0.388 | 1.474 (1.403–1.548) | < 0.001 |
 6–8 | 1243 (14.9%) | 5714 (68.3%) | 1034 (12.4%) | 375 (4.5%) |  |  | 0.137 | 1.146 (1.077–1.221) | < 0.001 |
  > 9 | 2924 (24.3%) | 7442 (61.8%) | 1076 (8.9%) | 598 (5.0%) |  |  | −0.209 | 0.812 (0.767–0.859) | < 0.001 |
 Negative attention bias | 12.24 ± 3.36 | 12.3 ± 3.28 | 13.70 ± 3.65 | 13.17 ± 3.81 | 388.962 | < 0.001 | 0.047 | 1.048 (1.042–1.054) | < 0.001 |
 Negative memory bias | 12.04 ± 3.13 | 12.04 ± 3.24 | 12.27 ± 3.20 | 12.90 ± 3.35 | 88.817 | < 0.001 | −0.012 | 0.988 (0.982–0.994) | < 0.001 |
 Rumination | 6.55 ± 2.37 | 6.62 ± 2.42 | 7.57 ± 2.58 | 7.14 ± 2.62 | 350.426 | < 0.001 | 0.022 | 1.022 (1.014–1.030) | < 0.001 |
 Confirmed growth rate | 0.45 ± 0.18 | 0.53 ± 0.15 | 0.56 ± 0.20 | 0.59 ± 0.26 | 1130.900 | < 0.001 | 1.938 | 6.946 (6.243–7.728) | < 0.001 |
 Death growth rate | 3.41 ± 2.01 | 2.06 ± 0.88 | 3.63 ± 1.59 | 4.40 ± 1.48 | 7363.433 | < 0.001 | 0.025 | 1.0245 (1.014–1.037) | < 0.001 |