How People’s COVID-19 Induced-Worries and Multiple Environmental Exposures Are Associated with Their Depression, Anxiety, and Stress during the Pandemic

Jianwei Huang, Mei-Po Kwan (), Lap Ah Tse and Sylvia Y. He
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Jianwei Huang: Institute of Space and Earth Information Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
Mei-Po Kwan: Institute of Space and Earth Information Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
Lap Ah Tse: Institute of Space and Earth Information Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
Sylvia Y. He: Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 16, 1-19

Abstract: This study investigates how people’s perceived COVID-19 risk, worries about financial hardship, job loss, and family conflicts, and exposures to greenspace, PM 2.5 , and noise (in people’s residential neighborhoods and daily activity locations) are related to their depression, anxiety, and stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a two-day activity-travel diary, a questionnaire, and real-time air pollutant and noise sensors, a survey was conducted to collect data from 221 participants living in two residential neighborhoods of Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic. Linear regression was conducted to explore the relationships. Significant associations between people’s COVID-19-related worries and exposures to grassland and PM 2.5 with depression, anxiety, and stress were found in the results. These associations with depression, anxiety, and stress vary depending on people’s demographic attributes. These results can help direct the public authorities’ efforts in dealing with the public mental health crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; COVID-19-induced worries; mental health; multiple environmental exposures; mobility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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