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Table 2 Prevalence of PSTD (IES-R) and depression (SMFQ-P) symptoms among children aged 7 to 15 years

From: The impact of COVID-19 pandemic outbreak on education and mental health of Chinese children aged 7–15 years: an online survey

 

Total

PSTD (%)

P-value

SMFQ-P (%)

P-value

Overall prevalence

668

20.7

 

7.2

 

Education level

  

0.05

 

0.032

 Primary

394

71 (18.0)

 

21 (5.3)

 

 Middle

274

67 (24.4)

 

27 (9.8)

 

School type

  

0.004

 

0.02

 Boarding school

86

28 (32.6)

 

12 (13.9)

 

 Day school

582

110 (18.9)

 

36 (6.2)

 

Live with

  

0.058

 

0.18

 Parents

638

128 (20.1)

 

44 (6.9)

 

 Grandparents

25

7 (28.0)

 

4 (16.0)

 

 Caregivers

5

3 (60.0)

 

0

 

Province

  

0.003

 

0.44

 Others

82

23 (28.0)

 

9 (11.0)

 

 Gansu

167

29 (17.4)

 

14 (8.4)

 

 Henan

231

61 (26.41

 

17 (7.4)

 

 Inner Mongolia

62

9 (14.5)

 

3 (4.9)

 

 Liaoning

72

13 (18.0)

 

3 (4.2)

 

 Zhejiang

54

3 (5.5)

 

2 (3.7)

 
  1. PSTD: Post-traumatic stress disorder, SMFQ-P, Short Mood and Feeling questionnaire