id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-318737-b32tk5ze Stickley, Andrew COVID-19 preventive behaviours among people with anxiety and depressive symptoms: Findings from Japan 2020-10-10 .txt text/plain 1604 94 49 Information was obtained on 13 COVID-19 preventive behaviours, and anxiety and depressive symptoms using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7) and the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), respectively. Results In models adjusted for demographic and socioeconomic factors, anxiety (Coefficient: -0.77, 95% confidence interval [CI]: -1.30,-0.24) and depressive symptoms (Coefficient: -0.82, 95%CI: -1.34,-0.30) were both associated with significantly lower engagement in COVID-19 preventive behaviours. 3 Support for the notion that CMDs might be associated with increased engagement in preventive behaviours also comes from another study from Hong Kong, which recently found that people with symptoms of anxiety were more likely to adopt social distancing measures in response to the threat of COVID-19. 5 The current study will examine the effects of anxiety and depressive symptoms on COVID-19 preventive behaviours in a sample of the Japanese general population. In the second analysis the association between anxiety and depressive symptoms and each of the individual preventive behaviours was examined using binomial logistic regression. ./cache/cord-318737-b32tk5ze.txt ./txt/cord-318737-b32tk5ze.txt