Kono Kumi, Eskandarieh Sharareh, Obayashi Yoshihide, Arai Asuna, Tamashiro Hiko
Department of Global Health and Epidemiology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita 15, Nishi 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8638, Japan.
Division of Mental Health and Social Health, and Addiction Prevention and Treatment, Center for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2015 Dec;17(6):1654-9. doi: 10.1007/s10903-014-0100-1.
We attempted to identify the risk factors that may affect mental health status of the international students and we conducted the survey using a self-administered questionnaire. Depressive symptoms were measured using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. The students were divided into two groups; (1) those who received scholarships and (2) those who didn't since we thought the division represented practical patterns of their financial status. The associations of socio-demographic characteristics with depressive symptoms were examined. Of the 726 students, 480 (66.1%) responded and 207 (43.1%) had depressive symptoms. The logistic regression analysis indicated that quality of sleep, amount of exercise, and housing conditions--but not financial status--were statistically associated with the risk of developing depressive symptoms. Although the inversion of the cause and effect is yet to be ascertained, the students who are unsatisfied with their housing conditions, quality of sleep and less exercise need more attention.
我们试图确定可能影响国际学生心理健康状况的风险因素，并使用自填式问卷进行了调查。使用流行病学研究中心抑郁量表来测量抑郁症状。学生被分为两组：（1）获得奖学金的学生；（2）未获得奖学金的学生，因为我们认为这种划分代表了他们实际的经济状况模式。研究了社会人口学特征与抑郁症状之间的关联。在726名学生中，480名（66.1%）做出了回应，其中207名（43.1%）有抑郁症状。逻辑回归分析表明，睡眠质量、运动量和住房条件——而非经济状况——与出现抑郁症状的风险在统计学上相关。尽管因果关系尚待确定，但对住房条件、睡眠质量不满意且运动量较少的学生需要更多关注。
