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However, the effect of COVID-19 on mental health in late-middle-aged adults remains unclear.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold> This cross-sectional, web-based survey recruited 3,730 participants (\u2265 50 years old) between February 28 and March 11 of 2020. The Patient Health Questionnaire-9, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, Insomnia Severity Index, and Acute Stress Disorder Scale were used to evaluate depression, anxiety, insomnia, and acute stress symptoms. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was fitted to explore risk factors that were associated with the selected outcomes.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> The mean age of the participants was 54.44 \u00b1 5.99 years, and 2,026 (54.3%) of the participants were female. The prevalence of depression, anxiety, insomnia, and acute stress symptoms among late-middle-aged adults in China during the COVID-19 pandemic was 20.4, 27.1, 27.5, and 21.2%, respectively. 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