Sports and Health Management, Changzhou Vocational Institute of Engineering, Changzhou Jiangsu, China.
Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Front Public Health. 2024 Jul 16;12:1384035. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1384035. eCollection 2024.
Physical inactivity and mental health disorders are emerging threats to public health in China. Previous research on links between exercise and mental wellbeing have focused on clinical populations, with little evidence from the general population, particularly younger adults. We aimed to investigate associations between physical fitness and mental health in Chinese college students.
In this series, of cross-sectional observational studies, we enrolled 7,468 Chinese college students aged 16-24 years in 199 classes at Changzhou Vocational Institute of Engineering between Sept 1, 2017, and Jun 30, 2018. Exposures of interest were the students' physical fitness level, measured by the Chinese University Students Physique Test. The primary outcomes were mental health situations, measured by the University Personality Inventory (UPI). The multivariable linear regression models were used to assess the relationship between the levels of physical fitness and mental disorders symptoms.
Completed mental health and physical fitness data were available for 6,724 participants aged 16-24 years. Compared with the failed group, the corresponding levels of difference in overall UPI scores were - 1.45 scores (95% CI: -2.45, -0.46; < 0.01) for the passed group and - 2.95 scores (95% CI: -4.13, -1.77; p < 0.01) for the good group. Similar results were observed in the four different aspects of psychotic disorder symptoms.
There was a significantly negative correlation between the level of physical fitness and phycological situations among Chinese college students. Our findings highlight the psychological situations of students with low physical fitness levels should be concerned.
身体活动不足和精神健康障碍是中国当前公共卫生面临的新兴威胁。先前关于运动与心理健康之间联系的研究主要集中在临床人群，而来自普通人群，尤其是年轻成年人的证据很少。我们旨在调查中国大学生身体状况与心理健康之间的关系。
在这项横断面观察性研究系列中，我们于 2017 年 9 月 1 日至 2018 年 6 月 30 日期间在常州工程职业技术学院的 199 个班级中招募了 7468 名年龄在 16-24 岁的中国大学生。感兴趣的暴露因素是学生的身体状况，通过中国大学生体质测试进行测量。主要结局是心理健康状况，通过大学生人格问卷（UPI）进行测量。多变量线性回归模型用于评估身体状况水平与精神障碍症状之间的关系。
完成的心理健康和身体状况数据可用于 6724 名年龄在 16-24 岁的参与者。与未通过组相比，通过组的 UPI 总分的差异水平相应为-1.45 分（95%CI：-2.45，-0.46；<0.01），良好组为-2.95 分（95%CI：-4.13，-1.77；p<0.01）。在精神障碍症状的四个不同方面也观察到了类似的结果。
中国大学生的身体状况水平与心理状况之间存在显著负相关。我们的研究结果强调了应关注身体状况较差的学生的心理状况。
