Table 4.
The demands for psychological education and interventions according to anxiety and depression symptoms.
| Total, No. (%) (N = 123,768) | Anxiety symptoms, No. (%) | Depression symptoms, No. (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | P Value | No | Yes | P Value | ||
| Demand for psychological education | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||||
| Yes | 83,251 (67.3) | 79,962 (66.9) | 3289 (78.4) | 63,742 (66.7) | 19,509 (69.0) | ||
| No | 40,517 (32.7) | 39,610 (33.1) | 907 (21.6) | 31,760 (33.3) | 8757 (31.0) | ||
| Knowledge for psychological educationa | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||||
| The common symptom of COVID-19 | 74,601 (41.4) | 71,937 (41.5) | 2667 (36.9) | 58,294 (42.0) | 16,307 (39.2) | ||
| Ways to alleviate the psychological effects | 54,384 (30.1) | 51,946 (30.0) | 2438 (33.7) | 41,162 (29.7) | 13,222 (31.8) | ||
| Ways to seek professional psychological help | 49,751 (27.6) | 47,700 (27.5) | 2051 (28.4) | 38,155 (27.5) | 11,596 (27.9) | ||
| Others | 1661 (0.9) | 1586(0.9) | 75 (1.0) | 1153 (0.8) | 508 (1.2) | ||
| Demand for psychological Interventions | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||||
| Very | 3763 (3.0) | 3200 (2.7) | 563 (13.4) | 1617 (1.7) | 2146 (7.6) | ||
| Moderate | 8232 (6.7) | 7371 (6.2) | 861 (20.5) | 5083 (5.3) | 3149 (11.1) | ||
| A little | 21,120 (17.1) | 19,881 (16.6) | 1239 (29.5) | 15,613 (16.3) | 5507 (19.5) | ||
| No | 90,653 (73.2) | 89,120 (74.5) | 1533 (36.5) | 73,189 (76.6) | 17,464 (61.8) | ||
| Psychological interventionsa | <0.001 | ||||||
| Counselling | 19,289(19.9) | 17,563 (19.7) | 1726 (22.3) | 12,500 (19.1) | 6789 (21.6) | ||
| Promotion of mental health knowledge | 23,149 (23.9) | 21,599 (24.3) | 1550 (20.1) | 16,574 (25.4) | 6575 (20.9) | ||
| Mental health training course | 20,299 (21.0) | 18,783 (21.1) | 1516 (19.6) | 13,964 (21.4) | 6335 (20.1) | <0.001 | |
| Psychological assessment | 16,031(16.6) | 14,580 (16.4) | 1451 (18.8) | 10,736 (16.4) | 5295 (16.8) | ||
| Group building and other development activities | 11,071(11.4) | 10,210 (11.5) | 861 (11.1) | 7332 (11.2) | 3739 (11.9) | ||
| Psychological salon | 6299(6.5) | 5728 (6.4) | 571 (7.4) | 3874 (5.9) | 2425 (7.7) | ||
| Others | 605(0.6) | 550 (0.6) | 55 (0.7) | 304 (0.5) | 301 (1.0) | ||
| Intervention perioda | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||||
| Morning meeting | 18,574(29.6) | 17,163 (29.8) | 1411 (28.4) | 12,587 (30.3) | 5987 (28.4) | ||
| After work | 15,653(25.0) | 14,516 (25.2) | 1137 (22.9) | 10,738 (25.8) | 4915 (23.3) | ||
| At weekend | 12,750(20.3) | 11,752 (20.4) | 988 (19.9) | 8576 (20.6) | 4174 (19.8) | ||
| Lunchtime | 7660(12.2) | 6936 (12.0) | 724 (14.6) | 4679 (11.3) | 2981 (14.1) | ||
| Dinner time | 7316(11.7) | 6663 (11.6) | 653 (13.1) | 4577 (11.0) | 2739 (13.0) | ||
| Others | 703(1.1) | 644 (1.1) | 59 (1.2) | 428 (1.0) | 275 (1.3) | ||
a
Psychological knowledge, psychological interventions, and intervention period were ranked according to the demand of respondents with anxiety and depression symptoms, respectively.
COVID-19, Coronavirus disease 2019.