| Literature DB >> 33672872 |
Shuo Cheng1, Di An1, Zhiying Yao1, Jenny Jing-Wen Liu2,3, Xuan Ning2, Josephine Pui-Hing Wong2, Kenneth Po-Lun Fung3,4, Mandana Vahabi2, Maurice Kwong-Lai Poon5, Janet Yamada2, Shengli Cheng6, Jianguo Gao6, Xiaofeng Cong7, Guoxiao Sun8, Alan Tai-Wai Li9, Xinting Wang1, Cunxian Jia1.
Abstract
This study aimed to explore the association between mental health knowledge level and the prevalence of depressive symptoms among Chinese college students. A cross-sectional study was conducted in six universities in Jinan, Shandong Province, China, and a total of 600 college students were recruited to self-complete a series of questionnaires. The Mental Health Knowledge Questionnaire (MHKQ) was used to investigate the level of mental health knowledge. Depressive symptoms were investigated with the depression subscale of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21). The prevalence rate of depressive symptoms among college students was 31.2%. Compared with MHKQ scoring in the 1st quartile, college students with MHKQ scoring in the 3rd quartile and in the 4th quartile reported lower levels of depressive symptoms after adjusting for potential confounding factors. Since mental health knowledge level was related to depressive symptoms among college students, increased efforts to promote the level of mental health knowledge in Chinese college students are critical.Entities:
Keywords: China; college students; depressive symptoms; knowledge; mental health
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Year: 2021 PMID： 33672872 PMCID： PMC7918134 DOI： 10.3390/ijerph18041850
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health ISSN： 1660-4601 Impact factor: 3.390