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Longitudinal survey of depressive symptoms among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan

While changes in response to the different stages of the pandemic remain unknown, this study investigated the longitudinal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on depressive symptoms in Japanese university students and identified factors associated with new onset of depression and suicidal ideation. Two...

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Autores principales: Nomura, Kyoko, Yamazaki, Teiichiro, Maeda, Eri, Hirayama, Junko, Ono, Kyoichi, Fushimi, Masahito, Mishima, Kazuo, Yamamoto, Fumio
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9454255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36092090
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.863300
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author Nomura, Kyoko
Yamazaki, Teiichiro
Maeda, Eri
Hirayama, Junko
Ono, Kyoichi
Fushimi, Masahito
Mishima, Kazuo
Yamamoto, Fumio
author_facet Nomura, Kyoko
Yamazaki, Teiichiro
Maeda, Eri
Hirayama, Junko
Ono, Kyoichi
Fushimi, Masahito
Mishima, Kazuo
Yamamoto, Fumio
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description While changes in response to the different stages of the pandemic remain unknown, this study investigated the longitudinal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on depressive symptoms in Japanese university students and identified factors associated with new onset of depression and suicidal ideation. Two surveys were conducted at one university in Akita, Japan, during the first COVID-19 outbreak period (T1: May–June 2020) and 1 year later (T2: March–May 2021). Moderate depressive symptoms were defined as a Patient Health Questionnaire-9 score ≥ 10 and suicide-related ideation score ≥ 1 on question 9 of the questionnaire. Among 985 students who completed surveys in T1 and T2, participants with moderate depressive symptoms and suicide-related ideation increased from 11 to 17% and from 5.8 to 11.8%, respectively. Among 872 students at risk after excluding those with moderate depressive symptoms at T1, 103 students (11.8%) developed moderate depressive symptoms at T2. Among the 928 students at risk, after excluding those who had suicidal ideation at T1, 79 (8.5%) developed suicidal ideation. Multivariate logistic modeling revealed financial insecurity and academic performance as risk factors (ps < 0.01), while having someone to consult about worries was a coping factor for depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation (ps < 0.001). Our findings demonstrated that socioenvironmental factors may determine depressive symptoms of university students.
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spelling pubmed-94542552022-09-09 Longitudinal survey of depressive symptoms among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan Nomura, Kyoko Yamazaki, Teiichiro Maeda, Eri Hirayama, Junko Ono, Kyoichi Fushimi, Masahito Mishima, Kazuo Yamamoto, Fumio Front Psychol Psychology While changes in response to the different stages of the pandemic remain unknown, this study investigated the longitudinal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on depressive symptoms in Japanese university students and identified factors associated with new onset of depression and suicidal ideation. Two surveys were conducted at one university in Akita, Japan, during the first COVID-19 outbreak period (T1: May–June 2020) and 1 year later (T2: March–May 2021). Moderate depressive symptoms were defined as a Patient Health Questionnaire-9 score ≥ 10 and suicide-related ideation score ≥ 1 on question 9 of the questionnaire. Among 985 students who completed surveys in T1 and T2, participants with moderate depressive symptoms and suicide-related ideation increased from 11 to 17% and from 5.8 to 11.8%, respectively. Among 872 students at risk after excluding those with moderate depressive symptoms at T1, 103 students (11.8%) developed moderate depressive symptoms at T2. Among the 928 students at risk, after excluding those who had suicidal ideation at T1, 79 (8.5%) developed suicidal ideation. Multivariate logistic modeling revealed financial insecurity and academic performance as risk factors (ps < 0.01), while having someone to consult about worries was a coping factor for depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation (ps < 0.001). Our findings demonstrated that socioenvironmental factors may determine depressive symptoms of university students. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9454255/ /pubmed/36092090 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.863300 Text en Copyright © 2022 Nomura, Yamazaki, Maeda, Hirayama, Ono, Fushimi, Mishima and Yamamoto. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Nomura, Kyoko
Yamazaki, Teiichiro
Maeda, Eri
Hirayama, Junko
Ono, Kyoichi
Fushimi, Masahito
Mishima, Kazuo
Yamamoto, Fumio
Longitudinal survey of depressive symptoms among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
title Longitudinal survey of depressive symptoms among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
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title_fullStr Longitudinal survey of depressive symptoms among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
title_full_unstemmed Longitudinal survey of depressive symptoms among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
title_short Longitudinal survey of depressive symptoms among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
title_sort longitudinal survey of depressive symptoms among university students during the covid-19 pandemic in japan
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9454255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36092090
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.863300
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