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

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

Publication date: Sep 20, 2024

To identify potential associations between student characteristics and mental health symptoms during the early parts of the pandemic. 3,883 students at a large public university on the West Coast of the United States. 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. 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). 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.

Concepts Keywords
April anxiety symptoms
Covid COVID-19
Depressive depressive symptoms
Student mental health
Whites university students

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH COVID-19
disease MESH emergency
disease MESH depressive symptoms
disease MESH psychological stress
disease MESH anxiety

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