COVID-19 dimensions are related to depression and anxiety among US college students: Findings from the Healthy Minds Survey 2020

JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS

卷:292

Article

Oh, Hans¹  Marinovich, Caitlin¹  Rajkumar, Ravi²  Besecker, Megan¹  Zhou, Sasha³  Jacob, Louis^4,5  Koyanagi, Ai^4,6  Smith, Lee⁷ 

[1] Univ Southern Calif, Suzanne Dworak Peck Sch Social Work, Los Angeles, CA 90007 USA

[2] Jawaharlal Inst Postgrad Med Educ & Res, Pondicherry, India

[3] Wayne State Univ, Dept Publ Hlth, Detroit, MI 48202 USA

[4] Parc Sanitari St Joan de Deu, Ctr Invest Biomed Red Salud Mental CIBERSAM, Res & Dev Unit, Madrid, Spain

[5] Univ Versailles St Quentin En Yvelines, Fac Med, Versailles, France

[6] ICREA, Barcelona, Spain

[7] Anglia Ruskin Univ, Phys Act & Publ Hlth, Cambridge, England

关键词: Covid-19;    Coronavirus;    Depression;    Anxiety;    Pandemic;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jad.2021.05.121

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about tremendous social and economic turmoil, which has been associated with increased levels of depression and anxiety. Methods: We analyzed data from the Healthy Minds Study (Fall Semester Cohort 2020), a non-probability sample of students across multiple colleges who completed an online survey between September-December 2020. Using multivariable logistic regression, we examined the associations between COVID-19 dimensions (concern, racial/ ethnic discrimination, financial distress, infection, illness of loved one, death of loved one, caregiving) and mental health outcomes (depression, anxiety), adjusting for age, gender, race/ethnicity, and international student status . Results: Nearly a fifth of the sample reported moderately severe or severe depression, and nearly a third reported moderately severe or severe anxiety over the past two weeks. When accounting for all COVID-19 dimensions in the same model, COVID-19 concern, racial/ethnic discrimination, financial distress, and infection were significantly associated with moderately severe or severe depression; COVID-19 concern, financial distress, and infection were significantly associated with moderately severe or severe anxiety. Conclusions: This study showed that the COVID-19 pandemic may have shaped mental health through a range of potential social and environmental dimensions. Interventions are required that consider multiple dimensions of COVID-19 to improve mental health during and after the pandemic.

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