Posttraumatic stress symptoms among Chinese university students during the COVID-19 pandemic:Prevalence,correlates,and mental health help-seeking
作者机构：Department of PsychiatryThe Affiliated Wuhan Mental Health CenterTongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science&TechnologyWuhan 430012Hubei ProvinceChina Department of PsychiatryWuhan Mental Health CenterWuhan 430012Hubei ProvinceChina
出 版 物：《World Journal of Psychiatry》 (世界精神病学杂志（英文）)
年 卷 期：2025年第15卷第1期
页 面：145-152页
学科分类：0502[文学-外国语言文学] 050201[文学-英语语言文学] 05[文学]
主 题：Posttraumatic stress symptoms University students COVID-19 Mental health help-seeking China
摘 要：BACKGROUND Revisiting the epidemiology of posttraumatic stress symptoms(PTSSs)among university students during the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic as well as understanding the mental health help-seeking behavior of individuals with PTSSs has critical implications for public mental health strategies in future medical *** To investigate the prevalence and correlates of PTSSs among university students during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in China and to examine mental health help-seeking behaviors among these *** A total of 2507 Chinese university students were recruited via snowball *** students completed the Seven-item Screening Scale for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in ***-graphic characteristics,pandemic-related characteristics,and mental health help-seeking behaviors of students with PTSSs were also *** The prevalence of PTSSs among the participants was 28.0%.Seven significant correlates of PTSSs were identified(odds ratio=1.23-3.65,P≤0.024):Female sex,being 19 years old or older,living with others or alone,a low level of family economic status,fair or poor interpersonal relationships,severe or very severe local pandemic,and having family members diagnosed with ***,only 3.28%of the students with PTSSs reported seeking help from mental health *** the 23 students who sought help from mental health specialists,13 opted for online or telephone-based psychological *** Our data suggest that there was a high risk of PTSSs among university students and a high level of unmet mental health needs during the COVID-19 *** delivery of mental health services online or via telephone is a promising approach to address these unmet needs.
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