Zhang Chi, Zeng Ping, Wang Tingting, et al. Associations between the sense of school belonging and mental health status among medical students during the post-epidemic period. [J]. Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 22(5):780-785(2023)
Zhang Chi, Zeng Ping, Wang Tingting, et al. Associations between the sense of school belonging and mental health status among medical students during the post-epidemic period. [J]. Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 22(5):780-785(2023) DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn116021-20220520-01294.
Associations between the sense of school belonging and mental health status among medical students during the post-epidemic period
对8所院校的1 629名全日制医学生进行在线问卷调查,测量工具包括学校归属感量表(psychological sense of school membership scale,PSSM-18)、9条条目的患者抑郁自评量表(the 9-item patient health questionnaire,PHQ-9)和7条目广泛性焦虑量表(7-item generalized anxiety disorder scale,GAD-7)。对学校归属感、抑郁症和焦虑症现状进行描述性分析,使用Spearman相关系数分析PSSM-18与PHQ-9、GAD-7得分间的相关性,使用logistic回归分析归属感缺失对抑郁症和焦虑症的影响。
To explore the status of medical students' sense of school belonging and its relationship with depression and anxiety symptoms in the context of COVID-19 prevention and control.
Methods
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An online questionnaire survey was conducted among 1 629 full-time students from 8 medical universities. The 18-item psychological sense of school membership scale (PSSM-18)
9-item patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9)
and 7-item generalized anxiety disorder scale (GAD-7) were used as measurements. Spearman correlation coefficients were used to analyze the correlations between PSSM-18
PHQ-9
and GAD-7 scores. Logistic regressions were used to analyze the impact of lack of school belonging on depression and anxiety symptoms.
Results
2
The mean score of school belonging was (77.31±14.12)
and the detection rates of depression and anxiety symptoms were 25.97% (423/1 629) and 21.92% (357/1 629)
respectively. PSSM-18 score was negatively correlated with PHQ-9 scores (
r
=-0.52
P
<
0.001) and GAD-7 scores (
r
= -0.49
P
<
0.001). After adjusting for covariates
students with low school belongingness had 4.33 times the risk of depression symptoms (
OR
=4.33
95%CI=2.48-7.43) and 5.85 times the risk of anxiety symptoms (
OR
= 5.85
95%CI=3.76-8.15) compared to students with high school belongingness.
Conclusion
2
Lack of school belonging increases the risk of depression and anxiety symptoms. Under the normalization of COVID-19 prevention and control
the school should strengthen health education and support services to improve the students' sense of belonging and alleviate their mental health problems.
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