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

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Ochnik, Dominika, Rogowska, Aleksandra M., Kuśnierz, Cezary, Jakubiak, Monika, Schütz, Astrid, Held, Marco J., Arzenšek, Ana, Benatov, Joy, Berger, Rony, Korchagina, Elena V., Pavlova, Iuliia, Blažková, Ivana, Aslan, Imran, Çınar, Orhan, Cuero-Acosta, Yonni Angel·2021·Scientific Reports
DOI 10.1038/s41598-021-97697-3PMC PMC8452732
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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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Figure 1 Maps present the following data in nine countries (Poland, Slovenia, Czechia, Ukraine, Russia, Germany, Turkey, Israel, and Colombia): (a) credit rating (indicated by the size of the dot) and the stringency level of restrictions (highlighted in color); (b) gender Inequality Index (GII) (size) and the stringency level (color). The map was developed in Tableau 2021.1.
Figure 1 Maps present the following data in nine countries (Poland, Slovenia, Czechia, Ukraine, Russia, Germany, Turkey, Israel, and Colombia): (a) credit rating (indicated by the size of the dot) and the stringency level of restrictions (highlighted in color); (b) gender Inequality Index (GII) (size) and the stringency level (color). The map was developed in Tableau 2021.1.CC BY · PubMed Central
Figure 2 Distribution of anxiety (GAD-7), perceived stress (PSS-10), and depression (PHQ-8) parameters within each surveyed country presented by violin and box plots. COL = Colombia, CZ = Czechia, GER = Germany, ISR = Israel, PL = Poland, RU = Russia, SL = Slovenia, TR = Turkey, UKR = Ukraine.
Figure 2 Distribution of anxiety (GAD-7), perceived stress (PSS-10), and depression (PHQ-8) parameters within each surveyed country presented by violin and box plots. COL = Colombia, CZ = Czechia, GER = Germany, ISR = Israel, PL = Poland, RU = Russia, SL = Slovenia, TR = Turkey, UKR = Ukraine.CC BY · PubMed Central
Figure 3 Posterior means of predicted marginal means (points) with 95% credible intervals (vertical lines) from the Bayesian skew-normal multilevel model for generalized anxiety (GAD-7) scores. Boxplots and violin plots show the distribution of the data.
Figure 3 Posterior means of predicted marginal means (points) with 95% credible intervals (vertical lines) from the Bayesian skew-normal multilevel model for generalized anxiety (GAD-7) scores. Boxplots and violin plots show the distribution of the data.CC BY · PubMed Central
Figure 4 Posterior means of predicted marginal means (points) with 95% credible intervals (vertical lines) from the Bayesian skew-normal multilevel model for perceived stress (PSS-10) scores. Boxplots and violin plots show the distribution of the data.
Figure 4 Posterior means of predicted marginal means (points) with 95% credible intervals (vertical lines) from the Bayesian skew-normal multilevel model for perceived stress (PSS-10) scores. Boxplots and violin plots show the distribution of the data.CC BY · PubMed Central
Figure 5 Posterior means of predicted marginal means (points) with 95% credible intervals (vertical lines) from the Bayesian skew-normal multilevel model for depression (PHQ-8) scores. Boxplots and violin plots show the distribution of the data.
Figure 5 Posterior means of predicted marginal means (points) with 95% credible intervals (vertical lines) from the Bayesian skew-normal multilevel model for depression (PHQ-8) scores. Boxplots and violin plots show the distribution of the data.CC BY · PubMed Central

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Ochnik, D., Rogowska, A. M., Kuśnierz, C., Jakubiak, M., Schütz, A., Held, M. J., Arzenšek, A., Benatov, J., Berger, R., Korchagina, E. V., Pavlova, I., Blažková, I., Aslan, I., Çınar, O., & Cuero-Acosta, Y. A.
Affiliations
  • Akademia Śląska (PL)
  • University of Opole (PL)
  • Opole University of Technology (PL)
  • Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (PL)
  • University of Bamberg (DE)
  • University of Primorska (SI)
  • University of Haifa (IL)
  • Tel Aviv University (IL)
  • Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (RU)
  • Mendel University in Brno (CZ)
  • Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University (TR)
Corresponding author
Held, Marco J.
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Venue
Scientific Reports
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2021-09-20
Volume
11
Issue
1
Pages
18644-18644
ISSN
2045-2322 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1038/s41598-021-97697-3
PMC
PMC8452732
OpenAlex
W3198966822
Cited by
220
References
104
Citations by year
2026: 20 · 2025: 28 · 2024: 52 · 2023: 60 · 2022: 54 · 2021: 6
FWCI
29.29
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Scientific Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University Institutional Repository (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
Keywords
student mental health, COVID-19 pandemic, depression, generalized anxiety disorder, perceived stress, university students, cross-national comparison, gender differences, socioeconomic factors, psychological support, risk factors
MeSH terms
COVID-19, Anxiety Disorders, Bayes Theorem, Depression, Female, Geography, Humans, Male, Mental Health, Regression Analysis, Stress, Psychological, Students, Universities, Prevalence, Multilevel Analysis, Pandemics

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