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However, no detailed study on the mental health status of parents has been conducted to date.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study was a cross-sectional used a whole-group random sampling method to conduct an online questionnaire survey with 102,883 parents in Guangdong Province, China, April 25, 2020 and May 14, 2020. Anxiety was assessed by using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder tool (GAD-7). Potential factors of anxiety were estimated using univariate analysis and multivariate logistic regression analysis by SPSS 22.0 statistical software.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Among the total 94,705 parents who have completed the questionnaire survey (92.05% response rate). The incidence of anxiety was 23.77%. 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