| Objective To explore the anxiety status and its influencing factors of adolescents in Anhui province during the epidemic of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Methods From February 13th to 19th, 2020, adolescents in Anhui province were asked to finish the self-compiled general situation questionnaires, cognitive situation questionnaires, and the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) online. And received a total of 973 valid questionnaires. Results The detection rate of anxiety symptoms was 27.13%. On the male side, the scores of generalized anxiety were lower than the national norm[(3.31±3.53) vs. (3.84 ±3.24)], and the scores of social phobia were higher than the national norm[(4.35±3.43) )vs.(3.72±2.94)].On the female side, the scores of somatization [(4.25±4.59)vs.(3.52±2.74)], social phobia [(5.52±3.55)vs.(4.17±3.13)], school phobia [(1.18±1.58)vs.(0.85±1.11)] and total [(18.99±13.83)vs.(16.23±9.53)] were higher than the national norm. And these differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). Univariate analysis showed that gender, physical health, the way to understand the epidemic for the first time, the proportion of negative news, and the proportion of false information would affect the detection rate of anxiety symptoms (P<0.05). Binary Logistic regression analysis showed that the female (OR=2.04, P<0.01), poor physical condition (OR=2.12, P<0.01), and high proportion of negative news (OR=4.28, P<0.01) were risk factors for adolescent anxiety. Conclusion During the epidemic of COVID-19,the level of social phobia among adolescents in Anhui Province generally increases. The risk factors for their anxiety symptoms are female, the current poor physical condition and more negative information. |