Anxiety and depression and their interdependent influencing factors among medical students in Inner Mongolia: the cross-sectional survey

Wang, Qiuxiang; Zhang, Beisiqi; Zhang, Song; Wei, Chengxi; Fu, Danni; Zhao, Honglin; Bai, Xue

doi:10.1186/s12909-022-03839-0

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“…Additionally, the scores for depression were significantly lower among only-child college students compared to their non-only-child counterparts. These findings align with prior research [17] , indicating that college students who are only-children typically receive greater parental care, do not engage in competitive dynamics with siblings, have lower levels of stress, and exhibit comparatively reduced levels of depression. The scores pertaining to system logic and illness conception among college students in higher vocational colleges exhibited a statistically significant increase compared to students in undergraduate institutions.…”

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Relationship between Family Dynamics Characteristics and Depression among College Students in Southwest China

Tan,

Wang,

et al. 2023

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This study adopted the revised Self-assessment of Family Dynamics (SSFD), the Centre for Evaluation of Streaming Depression (CES-D), and the Chinese version of the Interpersonal Reactivity Indicator (IRI-C) by Zeng Weinan and others to investigate the family dynamics, depressive status, and empathy of college students in Sichuan, Chongqing, and Guizhou. The results showed that: (1) Male students’ cognitive empathy scores were significantly lower than female students; (2) The overall depression score of college students in Chongqing municipality was significantly lower than that of college students in Sichuan and Guizhou provinces; (3) Higher vocational college students’ depression scores were significantly lower than undergraduate college students; (4) The overall depression scores of college students from rural areas were significantly higher than those of college students from urban areas; (5) The only child had significantly lower depression scores than the non-only child, and significantly higher scores on all dimensions of systemic family dynamics than the non-only child; (6) Depression had a highly significant correlation with all dimensions of family dynamics traits, and depression was highly significantly associated with cognitive empathy; (7) Cognitive empathy partially mediated the relationship between illness conceptions, systemic logic, and depression, with the proportion of indirect effect accounting for the total effect of 9.18% and 2.64% respectively.

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Section: 2demographic Differences In the Variablessupporting

confidence: 88%

Relationship between Family Dynamics Characteristics and Depression among College Students in Southwest China

Tan,

Wang,

et al. 2023

SHS Web Conf.

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“…The SAS score of our participants was 43.26 ± 8.88, which was higher than the norm in China. We compared the result with that in other populations [18,19]. In one study, which was designed to explore the alterations of functional connectivity in subregions of the basal forebrain, 96 healthy controls were included and the SAS score was 33.46 ± 2.69 [18].…”

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“…In one study, which was designed to explore the alterations of functional connectivity in subregions of the basal forebrain, 96 healthy controls were included and the SAS score was 33.46 ± 2.69 [18]. Another study aimed to investigate the prevalence of anxiety among medical students in Inner Mongolia (China); the average SAS score of 1187 students was 39.60 ± 7.81 [19].…”

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Assessment of Psychological and Social Fitness in Healthy Adults Permanently Living at Very High Altitude

Gao

Ciren²,

Wang

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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Background: Environmental factors of high altitude, especially hypobaric hypoxia, may directly and persistently affect human physical and mental health. Our study was designed to assess the psychological and social fitness in healthy adults permanently living at very high altitude, i.e., an average elevation of 3650 m. Methods: In our observational study, 320 participants were included, among which 218 (68.1%) had resided in such a setting for more than 20 years. Participants underwent 138 assessments, including the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), Symptom Check List 90 (SCL-90) and the Evaluation Scale of Human Adaptation Capability (ESHAC). SAS (20 items) and SCL-90 (90 items) were used to assess psychological fitness, and the ESHAC (28 items) was used to assess social fitness. Pearson analysis was used to assess correlations and Logistic regression analysis was performed to determine independent influencing factors. Results: The highest SAS score was 80 and the mean score was 43.26 ± 8.88, which was higher than the norm in China (p < 0.001). Sixty (18.8%) participants showed anxiety symptoms and 14 (4.4%) had moderate or severe anxiety. The average score of SCL-90 was 140.88 ± 44.77, and 96 (30.0%) participants showed SCL-90 scores ≥160. Compared with the norm, significant differences were shown in eight of the nine SCL-90 factor scores, i.e., somatization, obsessive-compulsive, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation, and psychoticism. The average score of ESHAC was 19.92 ± 4.54, and 114 (35.6%) participants did not reach the qualifying standard. Significant correlations were observed between the SAS score, SCL-90 total and factor scores, and ESHAC scores. The Logistic regression analysis showed that being born at very high altitude was an independent influencing factor (AOR = 2.619; 95% CI, 1.629–4.211; p < 0.001) after controlling for other factors. Conclusion: Permanently living at very high altitude can influence the psychological and social fitness of healthy adults.

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“… 29 Study has also shown that the SAS has good reliability and validity (Cronbach’s α=0.75 and Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin=0.86, respectively). 30 …”

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Anxiety as a Risk Factor for Acute Mountain Sickness Among Young Chinese Men After Exposure at 3800 M: A cross‒sectional Study

Tang,

Li,

Xin

et al. 2023

NDT

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Purpose We aimed to explore whether anxiety is a risk factor for acute mountain sickness [AMS] in a young Chinese male population. Patients and Methods A total of 143 young Chinese men with a median age of 23 years (IQR, 21–25) were employed in the present study, and they were divided into the AMS+ and AMS- groups according to the Lake Louise AMS score [AMS-S] after exposure at 3800 m for two days. Participants’ pulse oximeter saturation [SpO 2 ] and heart rate [HR] were measured. AMS was evaluated using the AMS-S. The anxiety and sleep quality of the subjects were assessed using the Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale [SAS] and the Athens Insomnia Scale [AIS], respectively. Outcomes were analysed using Spearman’s partial correlation and logistic regression analysis. Results After two days of exposure at 3800 m, the overall prevalence of AMS was 54% in the whole group. The HR was significantly higher in the AMS+ group than in the AMS- group, as well as the SAS score and AIS score. A converse pattern was observed for SpO 2 . A significant difference was observed for the change in SAS and AIS score between the AMS+ and AMS- groups. Correlation analysis showed that AMS-S was positively correlated with SAS score, AIS score, HR, ΔSAS score, ΔAIS score, and ΔHR but negatively correlated with SpO 2 . AIS score was positively correlated with SAS score. After logistic regression analysis was adjusted for HR, SpO 2 , ΔAIS and ΔHR, SAS score ( OR =1.446, 95% CI 1.200–1.744, p<0.001), AIS score ( OR =1.216, 95% CI 1.033–1.432) and ΔSAS score ( OR =1.158, 95% CI 1.012–1.327) were identified as independent risk factors for AMS. Conclusion The present study suggests that anxiety is a risk factor for AMS among young Chinese men, and poor sleep quality may partially mediate the association.

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Anxiety and depression and their interdependent influencing factors among medical students in Inner Mongolia: the cross-sectional survey

Cited by 9 publications

References 33 publications

Relationship between Family Dynamics Characteristics and Depression among College Students in Southwest China

Relationship between Family Dynamics Characteristics and Depression among College Students in Southwest China

Assessment of Psychological and Social Fitness in Healthy Adults Permanently Living at Very High Altitude

Anxiety as a Risk Factor for Acute Mountain Sickness Among Young Chinese Men After Exposure at 3800 M: A cross‒sectional Study

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