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Depression, fitness, and student willingness to pursue university counseling and alternative antidepressant options

BACKGROUND: Depression prevalence in college students is three to six times higher than US adults. Counseling utilization increased by 30%–40% despite reports of student unwillingness to pursue therapy. Pursuance of alternative options, like exercise or meditation, is rarely reported. This study exa...

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Autores principales: Jalene, Sharon, Pharr, Jennifer, Sharma, Manoj, Poston, Brach
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8826772/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35233427
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_1421_20
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Sharma, Manoj
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description BACKGROUND: Depression prevalence in college students is three to six times higher than US adults. Counseling utilization increased by 30%–40% despite reports of student unwillingness to pursue therapy. Pursuance of alternative options, like exercise or meditation, is rarely reported. This study examined students’ willingness to seek depression treatment through university mental health services (UMHS) and alternative options (AO). MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study. Students (n = 780) completed a survey including validated depression and estimated cardiorespiratory fitness instruments. Yes/Maybe/No responses regarding willingness to seek UMHS and AO were analyzed for associations with demographics, depression status, and fitness level. Descriptive and inferential analyses were employed. RESULTS: Students were more likely to select “Yes” for AO than UMHS (χ(2) = 104.145, P < 0.001). Low-fit students (χ(2) = 8.35, P = 0.02) and those in depression treatment (χ(2) = 15.182, P < 0.001) selected “Yes” to UMHS more often than expected. Younger (χ(2) = 7.893, P = 0.02), nondepressed (χ(2) = 7.355, P = 0.03), and fit students (χ(2) = 10.617, P = 0.005) chose “Yes” while males selected “No” (χ(2) = 8.99, P = 0.01) more often than expected for AO. Approximately 31% of students reported having moderate-to-severe depression, 7.8% were in treatment, and 55% were classified as having low fitness levels. CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this study should be considered when developing antidepressant programming on university campuses.
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spelling pubmed-88267722022-02-28 Depression, fitness, and student willingness to pursue university counseling and alternative antidepressant options Jalene, Sharon Pharr, Jennifer Sharma, Manoj Poston, Brach J Educ Health Promot Original Article BACKGROUND: Depression prevalence in college students is three to six times higher than US adults. Counseling utilization increased by 30%–40% despite reports of student unwillingness to pursue therapy. Pursuance of alternative options, like exercise or meditation, is rarely reported. This study examined students’ willingness to seek depression treatment through university mental health services (UMHS) and alternative options (AO). MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study. Students (n = 780) completed a survey including validated depression and estimated cardiorespiratory fitness instruments. Yes/Maybe/No responses regarding willingness to seek UMHS and AO were analyzed for associations with demographics, depression status, and fitness level. Descriptive and inferential analyses were employed. RESULTS: Students were more likely to select “Yes” for AO than UMHS (χ(2) = 104.145, P < 0.001). Low-fit students (χ(2) = 8.35, P = 0.02) and those in depression treatment (χ(2) = 15.182, P < 0.001) selected “Yes” to UMHS more often than expected. Younger (χ(2) = 7.893, P = 0.02), nondepressed (χ(2) = 7.355, P = 0.03), and fit students (χ(2) = 10.617, P = 0.005) chose “Yes” while males selected “No” (χ(2) = 8.99, P = 0.01) more often than expected for AO. Approximately 31% of students reported having moderate-to-severe depression, 7.8% were in treatment, and 55% were classified as having low fitness levels. CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this study should be considered when developing antidepressant programming on university campuses. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021-12-31 /pmc/articles/PMC8826772/ /pubmed/35233427 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_1421_20 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Journal of Education and Health Promotion https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8826772/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35233427
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_1421_20
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