Mental health state and its determinants in German university students across the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from three repeated cross-sectional surveys between 2019 and 2021

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Autoren
  • Angeliki Tsiouris
  • Antonia M Werner
  • Ana N Tibubos
  • Lina M Muelder
  • Jennifer L Reichel
  • Sebastian Heller
  • Markus Schaefer
  • Lisa Schwab
  • Thomas Rigotti
  • Birgit Stark
  • Pavel Dietz
  • Manfred E Beutel
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https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=fis-test-1&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:000993729000001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL
DOI
10.3389/fpubh.2023.1163541
eISSN
2296-2565
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  • Clarivate Analytics Document Solution ID: H1OQ4
  • PubMed Identifier: 37228718
Zeitschrift
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
Schlüsselwörter
  • university students
  • depressive and anxiety symptoms
  • loneliness
  • suicidal ideation
  • mental health
  • COVID-19 pandemic
Artikelnummer
ARTN 1163541
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2023
Status
Published
Titel
Mental health state and its determinants in German university students across the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from three repeated cross-sectional surveys between 2019 and 2021
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  • Article
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11

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Abstract
<jats:sec><jats:title>Background</jats:title><jats:p>Students were at an increased risk for elevated mental symptoms during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to pre-pandemic levels. As universities remained closed much longer than anticipated, the mental burden was expected to persist through the second year of the pandemic. The current study aimed to investigate the prevalence of mental distress from 2019 through 2021 and identify risk factors for elevated mental burden, focusing on gender.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods</jats:title><jats:p>We analyzed three cross-sectional online surveys among students at the University of Mainz, conducted in 2019 (<jats:italic>n</jats:italic> = 4,351), 2020 (<jats:italic>n</jats:italic> = 3,066), and 2021 (<jats:italic>n</jats:italic> = 1,438). Changes in the prevalence of depressive symptoms, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and loneliness were calculated using Pearson's chi-square tests and analyses of variance. Multiple linear regressions yielded associated risk factors.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results</jats:title><jats:p>The proportion of students with clinically relevant depressive symptoms was significantly higher during the pandemic (38.9% in 2020, and 40.7% in 2021), compared to pre-pandemic (29.0% in 2019). Similarly, more students reported suicidal ideation and generalized anxiety during the pandemic with a peak in the second pandemic year (2021). The level of loneliness was significantly higher in 2020, compared to 2019, and remained at a high level in 2021 (<jats:italic>p</jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001, <jats:inline-formula><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M1"><mml:msubsup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>η</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mtext>p</mml:mtext></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msubsup></mml:math></jats:inline-formula> = 0.142). Female and diverse/open gender, being single, living alone, and being a first-year student were identified as risk factors associated with mental burden during the pandemic.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion</jats:title><jats:p>Mental burdens remained elevated among students through the second year of the pandemic and were associated with socio-demographic risk factors and pandemic-related concerns. Future research should monitor recovery and evaluate the need for psychosocial support.</jats:p></jats:sec>
Autoren
  • Angeliki Tsiouris
  • Antonia M Werner
  • Ana N Tibubos
  • Lina M Mülder
  • Jennifer L Reichel
  • Sebastian Heller
  • Markus Schäfer
  • Lisa Schwab
  • Thomas Rigotti
  • Birgit Stark
  • Pavel Dietz
  • Manfred E Beutel
DOI
10.3389/fpubh.2023.1163541
eISSN
2296-2565
Zeitschrift
Frontiers in Public Health
Online publication date
2023
Status
Published online
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Frontiers Media SA
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1163541
Datum der Datenerfassung
2023
Titel
Mental health state and its determinants in German university students across the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from three repeated cross-sectional surveys between 2019 and 2021
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
11

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Abstract
<h4>Background</h4>Students were at an increased risk for elevated mental symptoms during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to pre-pandemic levels. As universities remained closed much longer than anticipated, the mental burden was expected to persist through the second year of the pandemic. The current study aimed to investigate the prevalence of mental distress from 2019 through 2021 and identify risk factors for elevated mental burden, focusing on gender.<h4>Methods</h4>We analyzed three cross-sectional online surveys among students at the University of Mainz, conducted in 2019 (<i>n</i> = 4,351), 2020 (<i>n</i> = 3,066), and 2021 (<i>n</i> = 1,438). Changes in the prevalence of depressive symptoms, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and loneliness were calculated using Pearson's chi-square tests and analyses of variance. Multiple linear regressions yielded associated risk factors.<h4>Results</h4>The proportion of students with clinically relevant depressive symptoms was significantly higher during the pandemic (38.9% in 2020, and 40.7% in 2021), compared to pre-pandemic (29.0% in 2019). Similarly, more students reported suicidal ideation and generalized anxiety during the pandemic with a peak in the second pandemic year (2021). The level of loneliness was significantly higher in 2020, compared to 2019, and remained at a high level in 2021 (<i>p</i> < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.142). Female and diverse/open gender, being single, living alone, and being a first-year student were identified as risk factors associated with mental burden during the pandemic.<h4>Discussion</h4>Mental burdens remained elevated among students through the second year of the pandemic and were associated with socio-demographic risk factors and pandemic-related concerns. Future research should monitor recovery and evaluate the need for psychosocial support.
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  • Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Autoren
  • Angeliki Tsiouris
  • Antonia M Werner
  • Ana N Tibubos
  • Lina M Mülder
  • Jennifer L Reichel
  • Sebastian Heller
  • Markus Schäfer
  • Lisa Schwab
  • Thomas Rigotti
  • Birgit Stark
  • Pavel Dietz
  • Manfred E Beutel
DOI
10.3389/fpubh.2023.1163541
eISSN
2296-2565
Externe Identifier
  • PubMed Identifier: 37228718
  • PubMed Central ID: PMC10203612
Open access
true
ISSN
2296-2565
Zeitschrift
Frontiers in public health
Schlüsselwörter
  • Humans
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Mental Health
  • Students
  • Universities
  • Female
  • Pandemics
  • COVID-19
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2023
Titel
Mental health state and its determinants in German university students across the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from three repeated cross-sectional surveys between 2019 and 2021.
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  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • research-article
  • Journal Article
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
11

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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Students were at an increased risk for elevated mental symptoms during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to pre-pandemic levels. As universities remained closed much longer than anticipated, the mental burden was expected to persist through the second year of the pandemic. The current study aimed to investigate the prevalence of mental distress from 2019 through 2021 and identify risk factors for elevated mental burden, focusing on gender. METHODS: We analyzed three cross-sectional online surveys among students at the University of Mainz, conducted in 2019 (n = 4,351), 2020 (n = 3,066), and 2021 (n = 1,438). Changes in the prevalence of depressive symptoms, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and loneliness were calculated using Pearson's chi-square tests and analyses of variance. Multiple linear regressions yielded associated risk factors. RESULTS: The proportion of students with clinically relevant depressive symptoms was significantly higher during the pandemic (38.9% in 2020, and 40.7% in 2021), compared to pre-pandemic (29.0% in 2019). Similarly, more students reported suicidal ideation and generalized anxiety during the pandemic with a peak in the second pandemic year (2021). The level of loneliness was significantly higher in 2020, compared to 2019, and remained at a high level in 2021 (p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.142). Female and diverse/open gender, being single, living alone, and being a first-year student were identified as risk factors associated with mental burden during the pandemic. DISCUSSION: Mental burdens remained elevated among students through the second year of the pandemic and were associated with socio-demographic risk factors and pandemic-related concerns. Future research should monitor recovery and evaluate the need for psychosocial support.
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2023
Autoren
  • Angeliki Tsiouris
  • Antonia M Werner
  • Ana N Tibubos
  • Lina M Mülder
  • Jennifer L Reichel
  • Sebastian Heller
  • Markus Schäfer
  • Lisa Schwab
  • Thomas Rigotti
  • Birgit Stark
  • Pavel Dietz
  • Manfred E Beutel
Autoren-URL
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37228718
DOI
10.3389/fpubh.2023.1163541
eISSN
2296-2565
Externe Identifier
  • PubMed Central ID: PMC10203612
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Front Public Health
Schlüsselwörter
  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • depressive and anxiety symptoms
  • loneliness
  • mental health
  • suicidal ideation
  • university students
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Mental Health
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Pandemics
  • Universities
  • COVID-19
  • Students
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eng
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Switzerland
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1163541
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2023
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Published online
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2023
Titel
Mental health state and its determinants in German university students across the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from three repeated cross-sectional surveys between 2019 and 2021.
Sub types
  • Journal Article
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
11

Datenquelle: PubMed

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Autoren
  • Angeliki Tsiouris
  • Antonia M Werner
  • Ana N Tibubos
  • Lina M Mülder
  • Jennifer L Reichel
  • Sebastian Heller
  • Markus Schäfer
  • Lisa Schwab
  • Thomas Rigotti
  • Birgit Stark
  • Pavel Dietz
  • Manfred E Beutel
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eng
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1163541
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Mental health state and its determinants in German university students across the COVID-19 pandemic : findings from three repeated cross-sectional surveys between 2019 and 2021
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