RT Journal Article
T1 A chain mediation model on COVID-19 symptoms and mental health outcomes in Americans, Asians and Europeans
A1 Wang, Cuiyan
A1 Chudzicka-Czupała, Agata
A1 Tee, Michael
A1 López Núñez, María Inmaculada
A1 Tripp, Connor
A1 Fardin, Mohammad
A1 Habib, Hina
A1 Tran, Bach
A1 Adamus, Katarzyna
A1 Anlacan, Joseph
A1 Aparicio García, Marta Evelia
A1 Grabowski, Damian
A1 Hussain, Shahzad
A1 Hoang, Men
A1 Hetnał, Mateusz
A1 Le, Xuan
A1 Wenfang Ma, 
A1 Hai Q. Pham, 
A1 Reyes, Patrick Wincy
A1 Shirazi, Mahmoud
A1 Tan, Yilin
A1 Tee, Cherica
A1 Xu, Linkang
A1 Xu, Ziqi
A1 Vu, Giang
A1 Zhou, Danqing
A1 Chan, Natalie
A1 Kuruchittham, Vipat
A1 McIntyre, Roger
A1 Ho, Cyrus
A1 Ho, Roger
A1 Sears, Samuel
AB 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.
PB Nature Research
SN 2045-2322
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/95200
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/95200
LA eng
NO Wang, C., Chudzicka-Czupała, A., Tee, M. L., Núñez, M. I. L., Tripp, C., Fardin, M. A., ... & Sears, S. F. (2021). A chain mediation model on COVID-19 symptoms and mental health outcomes in Americans, Asians and Europeans. Scientific reports, 11(1), 6481. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85943-7
DS Docta Complutense
RD 10 abr 2025