Key result
Among Chinese university students, 29.8% experienced depressive symptoms, which were significantly associated with inadequate social support (OR 0.912; 95% CI 0.877-0.948) and poor nutrition.
Why the study?
To investigate the prevalence of depression in college students and determine how social support and healthy lifestyle factors are associated with depression in this population.
Cross-Sectional (n=541)
No
Depression is highly prevalent among Chinese university students and is significantly associated with female gender, inadequate social support, poor nutrition, and lack of self-actualization.
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May warrant targeted screening for female students with low support; leaves open whether improving lifestyles reduces depression incidence.
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the prevalence of depression in college students and determine how social support and healthy lifestyle factors are associated with depression in this population. DESIGN: A cross-sectional design. SETTING: A comprehensive university in Changsha, Hunan, South China. The study was conducted from May to June 2019. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 541 students at the comprehensive university. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: The Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale, Social Support Rating Scale and Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile-II (HPLP-II) were used to evaluate depression, social support and lifestyles, respectively, and analyse the mutual relationships among them. RESULTS: Among the 541 participants, 161 (29.8%) experienced depressive symptoms, and there were significant gender-related and academic discipline-related differences in self-rated depression. The average social support score was 38.06 (38.06±7.52). The average HPLP-II score was 71.09 (71.09±11.47). A monofactor analysis showed that depression was correlated with social support and a healthy lifestyle. As demonstrated by logistic regression analysis, being a woman (OR=2.613, 95% CI: 1.541 to 4.43), inadequate social support (OR=0.912, 95% CI: 0.877 to 0.948), poor nutrition (OR=0.87, 95% CI: 0.775 to 0.977) and lack of self-actualisation (OR=0.644, 95% CI: 0.572 to 0.724) were significantly correlated with depression. CONCLUSIONS: Owing to the high prevalence of depression among Chinese university students, educational institutions must take measures such as providing compulsory mental health education courses and improving the psychological counselling services available to students.
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Tang et al. (2021) conducted a cross-sectional in Depression (n=541). Inadequate social support and poor health-promoting lifestyles was evaluated on Depression (OR 0.912, 95% CI 0.877-0.948). Among Chinese university students, 29.8% experienced depressive symptoms, which were significantly associated with inadequate social support (OR 0.912; 95% CI 0.877-0.948) and poor nutrition.
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