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A Comparison of Depression and Anxiety among University Students in Nine Countries during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

OCHNIK, D. ROGOWSKA, A. KUŚNIERZ, C. JAKUBIAK, M. SCHÜTZ, A. HELD, M. ARZENŠEK, A. BENATOV, J. BERGER, R. KORCHAGINA, E. PAVLOVA, I. BLAŽKOVÁ, I. KONEČNÁ, Z. ASLAN, I. ÇINAR, O. CUERO-ACOSTA, Y. WIERZBIK-STROŃSKA, M.

Original Title

A Comparison of Depression and Anxiety among University Students in Nine Countries during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

The mental health of young adults, particularly students, is at high risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this studywas to examine differences inmental health between university students in nine countries during the pandemic. The study encompassed 2349 university students (69% female) from Colombia, the Czech Republic (Czechia), Germany, Israel, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Turkey, and Ukraine. Participants underwent the following tests: Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-8), Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7), Exposure to COVID-19 (EC-19), Perceived Impact of Coronavirus (PIC) on students’ well-being, PhysicalActivity (PA), andGeneral Self-ReportedHealth (GSRH). The one-wayANOVAshowed significant differences between countries. The highest depression and anxiety risk occurred in Turkey, the lowest depression in the Czech Republic and the lowest anxiety in Germany. The 2 independence test showed that EC-19, PIC, and GSRHwere associatedwith anxiety and depression inmost of the countries, whereas PA was associated in less than half of the countries. Logistic regression showed distinct risk factors for each country. Gender and EC-19 were the most frequent predictors of depression and anxiety across the countries. The role of gender and PA for depression and anxiety is not universal and depends on cross-cultural differences. Students’mental health should be addressed froma cross-cultural perspective.

Keywords

mental health; anxiety; depression; students; COVID-19; general self-reported health; physical activity; gender; cross-national study

Authors

OCHNIK, D.; ROGOWSKA, A.; KUŚNIERZ, C.; JAKUBIAK, M.; SCHÜTZ, A.; HELD, M.; ARZENŠEK, A.; BENATOV, J.; BERGER, R.; KORCHAGINA, E.; PAVLOVA, I.; BLAŽKOVÁ, I.; KONEČNÁ, Z.; ASLAN, I.; ÇINAR, O.; CUERO-ACOSTA, Y.; WIERZBIK-STROŃSKA, M.

Released

29. 6. 2021

Publisher

MDPI

Location

Basel, Schwitzerland

ISBN

2077-0383

Periodical

Journal of Clinical Medicine

Year of study

10

Number

13

State

Swiss Confederation

Pages from

1

Pages to

22

Pages count

22

URL

https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/13/2882

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/203201

BibTex

@article{BUT171926,
  author="Dominika {Ochnik} and Aleksandra M. {Rogowska} and Cezary {Kuśnierz} and Monika {Jakubiak} and Astrid {Schütz} and Marco J. {Held} and Ana {Arzenšek} and Joy {Benatov} and Rony {Berger} and Elena {Korchagina} and Iuliia {Pavlova} and Ivana {Blažková} and Zdeňka {Konečná} and Imran {Aslan} and Orhan {Çınar} and Yonni Angel {Cuero-Acosta} and Magdalena {Wierzbik-Strońska}",
  title="A Comparison of Depression and Anxiety among University Students in Nine Countries during the COVID-19 Pandemic.",
  journal="Journal of Clinical Medicine",
  year="2021",
  volume="10",
  number="13",
  pages="1--22",
  doi="10.3390/jcm10132882",
  issn="2077-0383",
  url="https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/13/2882"
}