A rapid assessment of depressive and anxious symptoms among university students during the COVID-19 public health emergency: A repeated cross-sectional analysis.

IF 1.6 4区医学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Journal of American College Health Pub Date : 2024-09-20 DOI:10.1080/07448481.2024.2400114

Sara H Goodman, Bernadette Boden-Albala, Emily Drum, Nessa Ryan, Brooke Gibbs, Desiree Gutierrez, Miryha Gould Runnerstrom, Jeffrey J Wing

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Abstract

Objectives: To identify potential associations between student characteristics and mental health symptoms during the early parts of the pandemic.

Participants: 3,883 students at a large public university on the West Coast of the United States.

Methods: We conducted a repeated cross-sectional survey to assess health-protective behaviors, mental health, social support, and stigma resistance. The survey was administered in April 2020 and again in November/December 2020. Odds of mental health symptoms were estimated using multinomial logistic regression.

Results: 39% of respondents reported anxious symptoms, 9% reported depressive symptoms, and 27% reported both anxious and depressive symptoms. AAPI had lower odds of reporting both anxious/depressive symptoms compared to whites (OR = 0.59; 95% CI:0.43-0.81).

Conclusion: Students reported elevated levels of psychological stress during the pandemic, yet our results may underestimate the actual odds due to stress brought on by COVID-19.

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COVID-19 公共卫生突发事件期间大学生抑郁和焦虑症状的快速评估：重复横截面分析

目的确定大流行初期学生特征与心理健康症状之间的潜在关联：美国西海岸一所大型公立大学的 3,883 名学生：我们进行了一次重复的横断面调查，以评估健康保护行为、心理健康、社会支持和耻辱感。调查于 2020 年 4 月进行，并于 2020 年 11 月/12 月再次进行。结果显示，39%的受访者报告了焦虑症状：39%的受访者报告了焦虑症状，9%报告了抑郁症状，27%报告了焦虑和抑郁症状。与白人相比，亚裔美国人报告焦虑/抑郁症状的几率较低（OR = 0.59; 95% CI:0.43-0.81）：结论：大流行期间，学生报告的心理压力水平升高，但我们的结果可能低估了 COVID-19 带来的压力所造成的实际几率。

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Journal of American College Health Multiple-

CiteScore

5.40

自引率

12.50%

发文量

388

期刊介绍： Binge drinking, campus violence, eating disorders, sexual harassment: Today"s college students face challenges their parents never imagined. The Journal of American College Health, the only scholarly publication devoted entirely to college students" health, focuses on these issues, as well as use of tobacco and other drugs, sexual habits, psychological problems, and guns on campus, as well as the students... Published in cooperation with the American College Health Association, the Journal of American College Health is a must read for physicians, nurses, health educators, and administrators who are involved with students every day.