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

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97697-3" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97697-3</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97697-3" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41598-021-97697-3</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

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

Original language description

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 &amp; Poor&apos;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 (frst-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.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50401 - Sociology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Scientific Reports

ISSN

2045-2322

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

11

Issue of the periodical within the volume

20 September

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

18644

UT code for WoS article

000700289800059

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85115429737