Determinants of health-related quality of life in international graduate students

Ogunsanya, Motolani E.; Bamgbade, Benita A.; Thach, Andrew; Sudhapalli, P.; Rascati, Karen L.

doi:10.1016/j.cptl.2017.12.005

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“…Pearson Correlation Coefficient (PCC) analysis was first employed to look at the correlation among main variables used in the study for two reasons: (1) PCC indicates the strength of linear relationship of two variables [60]; and (2) PCC was widely used in studies in the same field [61][62][63][64]. According to the Cauchy-Schwartz inequality, PCC (r) has a value of between −1 and +1, where +1 indicates total positive linear correlation, 0 indicates no linear correlation, and −1 shows total negative linear correlation [65].…”

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Depression, Acculturative Stress, and Social Connectedness among International University Students in Japan: A Statistical Investigation

Nguyen

Meirmanov

2019

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(1) This study aims to examine the prevalence of depression and its correlation with Acculturative Stress and Social Connectedness among domestic and international students in an international university in Japan. (2) Methods: A Web-based survey was distributed among several classes of students of the university, which yielded 268 responses. On the survey, a nine-item tool from the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), the Social Connectedness Scale (SCS) and Acculturative Stress Scale for International Students (ASSIS) were used together with socio-demographic data. (3) Results: The prevalence of depression was higher among international than domestic students (37.81% and 29.85%, respectively). English language proficiency and student age (20 years old) showed a significant correlation with depression among domestic students (β = −1.63, p = 0.038 and β = 2.24, p = 0.048). Stay length (third year) also displayed a significant correlation with depression among international students (β = 1.08, p = 0.032). Among international and domestic students, a statistically significant positive correlation between depression and acculturative stress, and negative associations of social connectedness with depression and acculturative stress were also found. (4) Conclusions: The high prevalence of depression, and its association with Acculturation stress and Social Connectedness, among the students in this study highlight the importance of implementing support programs which consider the role of Acculturation and Social Connectedness.

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Depression, Acculturative Stress, and Social Connectedness among International University Students in Japan: A Statistical Investigation

Nguyen

Meirmanov

2019

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“…To test our hypotheses, Pearson Correlation Coefficient (PCC) analysis was employed for two reasons: (1) PCC indicates the strength of linear relationship of two variables [52]; and (2) PCC was widely used in studies in the same field [53][54][55][56]. According to the Cauchy-Schwartz inequality, PCC (r) has a value between -1 and +1, where +1 indicates total positive linear correlation, 0 indicates no linear correlation, and -1 shows total negative linear correlation [57].…”

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Depression, Acculturative Stress and Social Connectedness among International University Students in Japan: prevalence and correlation.

Nguyen¹,

Le²,

Meirmanov³

2018

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(1) This study aimed to examine the prevalence of depression and its correlation with acculturative Stress and Social Connectedness among domestic and overseas students in Japan International University. (2) Methods: A Web-based survey was distributed among students of International University, which resulted in 263 responses. On the survey together with socio-demographic data, a nine-item tool from the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), was used to measure the prevalence of Depression and its relationship with socio-demographic data, Social Connectedness Scale was used to measure Social Connectedness, and Acculturative Stress Scale for International Students (ASSIS) was used to measured acculturative stress. (3) Results: Depression was significantly high in international and domestic students (37.81% and 29.85% respectively). English language proficiency and students age (20 years old) showed a significant correlation with depression among domestic students (β=-1.63, p=0.038 and β=2.24, p=0.048). Stay length (third year) also displayed a significant correlation with depression among international students (β=1.08, p=0.032). Among international and domestic students statistically significant positive correlation between depression and acculturative stress, negative associations of social connectedness with depression and acculturative stress were also found. Suicidal or self-hurting ideation thoughts are found among around 20% of all students. (4) Conclusions: These findings indicate a relatively high prevalence of depression among students of International University, and overseas students are more affected. Depression, Acculturation stress and Social Connectedness show statistically strong intercorrelation, which highlights the need of host University to recognise the role of Acculturation and Social Connectedness in the development of Depression among students.

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“…In order to target studies on the university/college student population, the term "college student" and "university student" were used. Moreover, as the international student population in university is gaining attention from researchers [21][22][23][24][25][26], we also include the keyword "international student" in our search queries. The following search queries were employed to search for articles related to depressive disorders among university/college students in three Asian countries: Korea, Japan, and China.…”

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“…had been conducted besides few studies on female students. Given the fact that the prevalence and risk factors of depressive disorder were different among types of students [21,22,26], paying more focus on various groups of students is suggested as a way to enhance the effectiveness of depression treatment and prevention services in higher education.…”

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A Scientometric Study on Depression among University Students in East Asia: Research and System Insufficiencies?

Nguyễn

Hồ

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Given that mental health issues are acute in Asian countries, particularly Japan and Korea, and university students are more vulnerable to depression than the general population, this study aims to examine the landscapes of scientific research regarding depressive disorders among university students and evaluate the effectiveness of international collaboration and funding provision on the scientific impact in Korea, Japan, and China. Based on articles retrieved from the Web of Science database during the period 1992-2018, we found that the number of scientific publications, international collaborations, and allocated funds regarding depressive disorder among university students in China (97 articles, 43 international collaborations, and 52 funds provided, respectively) overwhelmingly surpassed the case of Korea (37 articles, 12 international collaborations, and 15 funds provided, respectively) and Japan (24 articles, 5 international collaborations, and 6 funds provided, respectively). The differences in collaboration patterns (p-value < 0.05) and the proportion of allocated funds (p-value < 0.05) among Korea, Japan, and China were also noted using Fisher's exact test. Based on the Poisson regression analysis, China's associations of scientific impact with international collaboration (β = −0.322, p-value < 0.01) and funding provision (β = −0.397, p-value < 0.01) are negative, while associations of the scientific impact and scientific quality with funding provision and international collaboration were statistically insignificant. These findings hint that Korea and Japan lacked scientific output, diversity in research targets, international collaboration, and funding provision, compared to China, but the quality of either China's internationally collaborated or funded articles was contentious. As a result, policymakers in Korea and Japan are suggested to raise the importance of mental health problems in their future policy planning and resource distribution. Moreover, it would be advisable to establish a rigorous system of evaluation for the quality of internationally collaborated and funded studies in order to increase scientific impact and maintain public trust, especially in China.

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Determinants of health-related quality of life in international graduate students

Cited by 23 publications

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Depression, Acculturative Stress, and Social Connectedness among International University Students in Japan: A Statistical Investigation

Depression, Acculturative Stress, and Social Connectedness among International University Students in Japan: A Statistical Investigation

Depression, Acculturative Stress and Social Connectedness among International University Students in Japan: prevalence and correlation.

A Scientometric Study on Depression among University Students in East Asia: Research and System Insufficiencies?

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