Prevalence of depressive symptoms and associated factors during the COVID-19 pandemic: A national-based study.

Journal: Journal of affective disorders
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Previous studies have reported that the prevalence of depression and depressive symptoms was significantly higher than that before the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to explore the prevalence of depressive symptoms and evaluate the importance of influencing factors through Back Propagation Neural Network (BPNN).

Authors

  • Xing-Xuan Dong
    School of Public Health, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
  • Dan-Lin Li
    School of Public Health, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
  • Yi-Fan Miao
    School of Public Health, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
  • Tianyang Zhang
  • Yibo Wu
    School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China. Electronic address: bimuwuyibo@outlook.com.
  • Chen-Wei Pan
    School of Public Health, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China. Electronic address: pcwonly@gmail.com.