School of Psychology, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK.
Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Sci Data. 2023 Sep 13;10(1):621. doi: 10.1038/s41597-023-02520-5.
Despite existing wellbeing services, university students remain particularly vulnerable to mental health difficulties. Therefore, this study was designed to provide a comprehensive assessment of the prevalence of psychiatric symptoms by using well validated scales with robust psychometric properties. More specifically, the current data provides crucial information concerning the prevalence of anxiety, depression, mania, insomnia, stress, suicidal ideation, psychotic experiences and loneliness amongst a sample of N = 1408 UK university students. A cross-sectional online questionnaire-based study was implemented. Online recruitment for this dataset began on September 17, 2018, and ended on the 30 July 2019. Eight validated measures were used: Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale; Patient Health Questionnaire; The Mood Disorder Questionnaire; The Sleep Condition Indicator; The Perceived Stress Scale; Suicidal Behaviours Questionnaire-Revised; The Prodromal Questionnaire 16 (PQ-16); and the University of California Loneliness Scale. The dataset is available to other researchers and is provided on figshare. Information concerning the data records, usage notes, code availability and technical validation are presented. Finally, we present demographic information concerning psychiatric symptom prevalence.
尽管存在现有的福利服务，大学生仍然特别容易受到心理健康问题的影响。因此，本研究旨在使用具有可靠心理测量特性的经过充分验证的量表，对精神症状的患病率进行全面评估。更具体地说，当前的数据提供了有关焦虑、抑郁、躁狂、失眠、压力、自杀意念、精神病体验和孤独感在 N=1408 名英国大学生样本中的患病率的重要信息。本研究采用了横断面在线问卷调查。本数据集的在线招募于 2018 年 9 月 17 日开始，并于 2019 年 7 月 30 日结束。共使用了 8 种经过验证的量表：广泛性焦虑症量表、患者健康问卷、心境障碍问卷、睡眠状况指标、感知压力量表、修订后的自杀行为问卷、前驱症状问卷 16（PQ-16）和加利福尼亚大学孤独感量表。该数据集可供其他研究人员使用，并在 figshare 上提供。提供了有关数据记录、使用说明、代码可用性和技术验证的信息。最后，我们介绍了有关精神症状患病率的人口统计学信息。
