Seo Eun Hyun, Kim Seung-Gon, Kim Sang Hoon, Kim Jung Ho, Park Jung Hyun, Yoon Hyung-Jun
1Premedical Science, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
2Department of Psychiatry, Chosun University Hospital, Chosun University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Ann Gen Psychiatry. 2018 Dec 18;17:52. doi: 10.1186/s12991-018-0223-1. eCollection 2018.
This cross-sectional study investigated the impact of life satisfaction and happiness, as well as the prevalence and correlates of depressive symptoms in a large sample of university students.
We included 2338 students at 6 universities in 1 metropolitan city and 2 provinces of Korea. Depressive symptoms were assessed by the Beck Depression Inventory, and scores of 16 or higher were categorized as the presence of depression. Various sociodemographic, life satisfaction, happiness, and clinical factors (alcohol consumption and sleep quality) were measured. According to the presence of depression, sociodemographic, life satisfaction, happiness, and clinical characteristics were compared using statistical analyses. Further, a logistic regression model was constructed to examine the impact of life satisfaction, happiness, and clinical factors on depression.
Among participants, 13.4% were identified as having depression. Life satisfaction and happiness were associated with a lower risk of depression, while hazardous alcohol drinking and poor sleep quality were related to a higher risk of depression. In addition, female gender, subjective body shape as obese, and insufficient pocket money were found to be significant correlates of depressive symptoms.
This study demonstrated possible risk and protective factors of underlying depressive symptoms. Especially, our findings suggest that improvement in life satisfaction and happiness would be important in the prevention and management of depression. Our findings may contribute to developing specialized mental health programs for prevention, screening, and treatment of depression among university students.
这项横断面研究调查了生活满意度和幸福感的影响，以及在大量大学生样本中抑郁症状的患病率及其相关因素。
我们纳入了韩国1个大城市和2个省份6所大学的2338名学生。通过贝克抑郁量表评估抑郁症状，得分16分及以上被归类为存在抑郁。测量了各种社会人口统计学、生活满意度、幸福感和临床因素（饮酒和睡眠质量）。根据是否存在抑郁，使用统计分析比较社会人口统计学、生活满意度、幸福感和临床特征。此外，构建了一个逻辑回归模型来检验生活满意度、幸福感和临床因素对抑郁的影响。
在参与者中，13.4%被确定为患有抑郁症。生活满意度和幸福感与较低的抑郁风险相关，而有害饮酒和睡眠质量差与较高的抑郁风险相关。此外，女性、主观认为体型肥胖和零花钱不足被发现是抑郁症状的显著相关因素。
本研究证明了潜在抑郁症状的可能风险和保护因素。特别是，我们的研究结果表明，提高生活满意度和幸福感对抑郁症的预防和管理很重要。我们的研究结果可能有助于制定专门的心理健康计划，用于大学生抑郁症的预防、筛查和治疗。
