Table 1.

The item pool of scale of COVID-19 related psychological distress in healthy public (CORPD).

Item	Strongly disagree	Disagree	Not sure	Agree	Strongly agree	Factor
						Anxiety & fear	Suspicion
1. If I were infected with COVID-19, I might not be able to recovery from it.	1	2	3	4	5	√
2. When talking to a stranger, I would suspect that s/he might be infected with COVID-19.	1	2	3	4	5		√
3. I'm afraid to travel to places hard-hit by COVID-19.	1	2	3	4	5	√
4. When I see an increase in the number of COVID-19 patients on the news, I feel anxious.	1	2	3	4	5	√
5. When I see someone sneeze, I suspect s/he might be infected with COVID-19.	1	2	3	4	5		√
6. I think frequent hospital visits would make it easier to be infected with COVID-19.	1	2	3	4	5	√
7. I fear to see the doctors and nurses who had worked in COVID-19 isolation wards.	1	2	3	4	5	√
8. I think frequent use of air, train, bus and other public transport would make it easier to be infected with COVID-19.	1	2	3	4	5	√
9. When I notice someone running a fever, I suspect s/he might be infected with COVID-19.	1	2	3	4	5		√
10. When I see someone vomiting, I suspect s/he might be infected with COVID-19.	1	2	3	4	5		√
11. I fear to live nearby a COVID-19 isolation hospital.	1	2	3	4	5	√
12. When I see someone coughing, I suspect s/he might be infected with COVID-19.	1	2	3	4	5		√
13. When I see someone without a mask, I suspect s/he might be infected with COVID-19.	1	2	3	4	5		√
14. I suspect there were novel coronavirus in the air when there were people around.	1	2	3	4	5		√