Mental health prevalence and predictors among university students in nine countries during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-national study

被引：140

作者：

Ochnik, Dominika ^{[1
]}

Rogowska, Aleksandra M. ^{[2
]}

Kusnierz, Cezary ^{[3
]}

Jakubiak, Monika ^{[4
]}

Schuetz, Astrid ^{[5
]}

Held, Marco J. ^{[5
]}

Arzensek, Ana ^{[6
]}

Benatov, Joy ^{[7
]}

Berger, Rony ^{[8
,9
]}

Korchagina, Elena, V ^{[10
]}

Pavlova, Iuliia ^{[11
]}

Blazkova, Ivana ^{[12
]}

Aslan, Imran ^{[13
]}

Cinar, Orhan ^{[14
,15
]}

Cuero-Acosta, Yonni Angel ^{[16
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Technol, Fac Med, PL-40555 Katowice, Poland

[2] Univ Opole, Inst Psychol, PL-45052 Opole, Poland

[3] Opole Univ Technol, Fac Phys Educ & Physiotherapy, PL-45758 Opole, Poland

[4] Maria Curie Sklodowska Univ Lublin, Fac Econ, PL-20031 Lublin, Poland

[5] Univ Bamberg, Dept Psychol, D-96047 Bamberg, Germany

[6] Univ Primorska, Fac Management, Koper 6101, Slovenia

[7] Univ Haifa, Dept Special Educ, IL-3498838 Haifa, Israel

[8] Ctr Compassionate Mindful Educ, IL-69106 Tel Aviv, Israel

[9] Tel Aviv Univ, Bob Shapell Sch Social Work, IL-69978 Tel Aviv, Israel

[10] Peter Great St Petersburg Polytech Univ, Inst Ind Management Econ & Trade, St Petersburg 195251, Russia

[11] Lviv State Univ Phys Culture, Dept Theory & Methods Phys Culture, UA-79007 Lvov, Ukraine

[12] Mendel Univ Brno, Dept Reg & Business Econ, Brno 61300, Czech Republic

[13] Bingol Univ, Hlth Management Dept, TR-12000 Bingol, Turkey

[14] Ataturk Univ, Fac Econ & Adm Sci, TR-25240 Erzurum, Turkey

[15] Ibrahim Cecen Univ Agri, Fac Econ & Adm Sci, TR-04000 Agri, Turkey

[16] Univ Rosario, Sch Management, Bogota 111711, Colombia

来源：

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS | 2021年 / 11卷 / 01期

关键词：

SEVERITY; ANXIETY; STRESS;

D O I：

10.1038/s41598-021-97697-3

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

The student population has been highly vulnerable to the risk of mental health deterioration during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. This study aimed to reveal the prevalence and predictors of mental health among students in Poland, Slovenia, Czechia, Ukraine, Russia, Germany, Turkey, Israel, and Colombia in a socioeconomic context during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study was conducted among 2349 students (69% women) from May-July 2020. Data were collected by means of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7), Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-8), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10), Gender Inequality Index (GII), Standard & Poor's Global Ratings, the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker (OxCGRT), and a sociodemographic survey. Descriptive statistics and Bayesian multilevel skew-normal regression analyses were conducted. The prevalence of high stress, depression, and generalized anxiety symptoms in the total sample was 61.30%, 40.3%, and 30%, respectively. The multilevel Bayesian model showed that female sex was a credible predictor of PSS-10, GAD-7, and PHQ-8 scores. In addition, place of residence (town) and educational level (first-cycle studies) were risk factors for the PHQ-8. This study showed that mental health issues are alarming in the student population. Regular psychological support should be provided to students by universities.

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