Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85943-7
Title: A chain mediation model on COVID-19 symptoms and mental health outcomes in Americans, Asians and Europeans
Authors: Wang, Cuiyan
Chudzicka-Czupa?a, Agata
Tee, Michael L.
Núñez, María Inmaculada López
Tripp, Connor
Fardin, Mohammad A.
Habib, Hina A.
Tran, Bach X.
Adamus, Katarzyna
Anlacan, Joseph
García, Marta E. Aparicio
Grabowski, Damian
Hussain, Shahzad
Hoang, Men T.
Hetna?, Mateusz
Le, Xuan T.
Ma, Wenfang
Pham, Hai Q.
Reyes, Patrick Wincy C.
Shirazi, Mahmoud
Tan, Yilin
Tee, Cherica A.
Xu, Linkang
Xu, Ziqi
Vu, Giang T.
Zhou, Danqing
Chan, Natalie A.
Kuruchittham, Vipat
McIntyre, Roger S.
Ho, Cyrus S. H. 
Ho, Roger 
Sears, Samuel F.
Issue Date: 19-Mar-2021
Publisher: Nature Research
Citation: Wang, Cuiyan, Chudzicka-Czupa?a, Agata, Tee, Michael L., Núñez, María Inmaculada López, Tripp, Connor, Fardin, Mohammad A., Habib, Hina A., Tran, Bach X., Adamus, Katarzyna, Anlacan, Joseph, García, Marta E. Aparicio, Grabowski, Damian, Hussain, Shahzad, Hoang, Men T., Hetna?, Mateusz, Le, Xuan T., Ma, Wenfang, Pham, Hai Q., Reyes, Patrick Wincy C., Shirazi, Mahmoud, Tan, Yilin, Tee, Cherica A., Xu, Linkang, Xu, Ziqi, Vu, Giang T., Zhou, Danqing, Chan, Natalie A., Kuruchittham, Vipat, McIntyre, Roger S., Ho, Cyrus S. H., Ho, Roger, Sears, Samuel F. (2021-03-19). A chain mediation model on COVID-19 symptoms and mental health outcomes in Americans, Asians and Europeans. Scientific Reports 11 (1) : 6481. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85943-7
Rights: Attribution 4.0 International
Abstract: The novel Coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020, impacting the lifestyles, economy, physical and mental health of individuals globally. This study aimed to test the model triggered by physical symptoms resembling COVID-19 infection, in which the need for health information and perceived impact of the pandemic mediated the path sequentially, leading to adverse mental health outcomes. A cross-sectional research design with chain mediation model involving 4612 participants from participating 8 countries selected via a respondent-driven sampling strategy was used. Participants completed online questionnaires on physical symptoms, the need for health information, the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) questionnaire and Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21). The results showed that Poland and the Philippines were the two countries with the highest levels of anxiety, depression and stress; conversely, Vietnam had the lowest mean scores in these areas. Chain mediation model showed the need for health information, and the perceived impact of the pandemic were sequential mediators between physical symptoms resembling COVID-19 infection (predictor) and consequent mental health status (outcome). Excessive and contradictory health information might increase the perceived impact of the pandemic. Rapid COVID-19 testing should be implemented to minimize the psychological burden associated with physical symptoms, whilst public mental health interventions could target adverse mental outcomes associated with the pandemic. © 2021, The Author(s).
Source Title: Scientific Reports
URI: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/233592
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-85943-7
Rights: Attribution 4.0 International
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