Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Abu Dhabi Campus, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Al Ain 64141, United Arab Emirates.
Department of Biopharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Nov 5;18(21):11622. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182111622.
To examine the prevalence of mental distress among university students in Jordan.
An online cross-sectional study using a self-administered questionnaire was conducted between 12th of June and the 4th of August 2021 in Jordan to measure student mental stress using Self-Reporting Questionnaire-20 (SRQ-20).
A total of 1063 university students participated in the study. One-third of the participating students reported that they had a history of COVID-19 infection. More than half of the participating university students (65.7%) were found to have mental distress (measured symptomatically by the SRQ-20 with a score of eight or more). The average mental distress score was 9.8 (SD: 5.5) out of 20. Female students, students from non-medical colleges, students in their last years of study, students with chronic diseases and those with low income were associated with high levels of mental distress ( < 0.05). With regards to social support, a moderate level of social support was received from three sources: persons considered as significant others, family members, and friends. The average social support score for the participating university students was 41.9 (SD: 10.3) out of 60 (equivalent to 69.8%).
Mental distress is prevalent among university students in Jordan. There is a need for evidence-based governmental strategies and interventions that provide social support at universities such as self-help measures and professional mental health services as part of student health services that would be helpful to reduce the burden of mental distress of students and promote the mission of the integration of mental health in all university policies.
调查约旦大学生心理困扰的流行情况。
2021 年 6 月 12 日至 8 月 4 日，在约旦进行了一项在线横断面研究，使用自我报告问卷（SRQ-20）测量学生的心理压力。
共有 1063 名大学生参与了研究。三分之一的参与学生报告他们有过 COVID-19 感染史。超过一半的参与大学生（65.7%）被发现存在心理困扰（通过 SRQ-20 症状测量，得分 8 分或以上）。平均心理困扰得分为 20 分中的 9.8（SD：5.5）。女学生、非医学院学生、高年级学生、患有慢性病的学生和低收入学生与高水平的心理困扰相关（<0.05）。就社会支持而言，从三个来源获得了中等水平的社会支持：被视为重要他人的人、家庭成员和朋友。参与大学生的平均社会支持得分为 60 分中的 41.9（SD：10.3）（相当于 69.8%）。
约旦大学生心理困扰普遍存在。需要有循证的政府策略和干预措施，在大学提供社会支持，如自助措施和专业心理健康服务，作为学生健康服务的一部分，这将有助于减轻学生心理困扰的负担，并促进心理健康融入大学所有政策的使命。
