在加拿大中学毕业生样本中,有问题的心理症状的流行率
Dan Wang1,2,3, Krystle Martin1,4, Sheilah Hogg-Johnson1,2,3,5
1Faculty of Health Sciences, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Canada.
Journal of American college health : J of ACH
|May 7, 2024
概括
相当数量的加拿大高中生经历心理困扰,包括焦虑,压力和抑郁症. 这些心理健康挑战在女学生中更为常见,那些睡眠不足,粮食不安全,缺乏社会支持的人.
科学领域:
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 高中毕业生面临着独特的压力因素,影响他们的心理健康.
- 了解心理症状的普遍性对于有针对性的干预至关重要.
- 加拿大学生心理健康需要最新的流行病学数据.
研究的目的:
- 估计加拿大高中生一个月患有有问题的心理症状 (抑郁,焦虑,压力) 的患病率.
- 为了比较各种学生人口统计和社会经济特征的症状流行率.
- 为了确定特定的学生子组在心理困扰的风险较高.
主要方法:
- 2017年利用来自加拿大两所中学后院校的1392名学生的数据进行了横截面研究.
- 用世卫组织模型残疾调查功能模块收集了有关抑郁,焦虑和压力症状的自我报告数据.
- 修改Poisson回归被用于计算患病率,并根据学生特征比较率.
主要成果:
- 一个月中度至极度焦虑症状的患病率在50.8%至64.7%之间.
- 中度至极度压力症状的患病率为41.2%至60.8%,抑郁症状的患病率为29.4%至43.6%.
- 这些症状在女学生,睡眠质量差,粮食不安全和社会支持不足的学生中更为普遍.
结论:
- 在加拿大高中生中存在大量的心理症状负担.
- 焦虑,压力和抑郁症的患病率根据学生的特征有很大差异.
- 调查结果突出了需要量身定制的支持服务,以解决学生群体中的特定弱点.
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