Perceived risk of COVID-19 hurts mental health: the mediating role of fear of COVID-19 and the moderating role of resilience.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThis study was approved by the Ethics Committee of The Affiliated Kangning Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University (Approval number: YJ-2023-16-01). The objectives of the study were explained to the study participants. And informed consent was obtained from them. They could withdraw anytime, and both refusal and incompletion would bear no consequences. Any personal information disclosed during the data collection was considered confidential and the data was secured anonymously. All methods were carried out in accordance with the declaration of Helsinki. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

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