NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Peking University Sixth Hospital, Institute of Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Hebei College of Science and Technology, Baoding, China.
Front Public Health. 2024 Jul 23;12:1430256. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1430256. eCollection 2024.
Online psychological surveys allow for swift data collection among college students, thus providing a foundation for psychological interventions, particularly during emergent public health events. However, the association between online survey completion behaviors and offline psychological symptoms has yet to be explored.
A large-scale web-based survey was conducted from December 31, 2022, to January 7, 2023, involving 22,624 participants. Psychological symptoms were assessed using standardized measures, while the time taken to complete the survey and the time of completion were recorded by the online survey platform.
As the time duration increased, the prevalence of anxiety, depression, insomnia, and PTSD also increased significantly ( < 0.001). The highest odds ratios were observed in the longer duration group. Only a longer duration was significantly associated with PTSD. The time period for completing the questionnaire from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. was found to be significantly linked with anxiety symptoms and depression symptoms. Conversely, completing the questionnaire at other times was specifically associated with anxiety symptoms and insomnia symptoms. The prolonged duration needed to complete the questionnaire was more closely related to the comorbidity of anxiety, depression, and insomnia than to the comorbidity of those symptoms with PTSD. When questionnaires were completed during other times, specifically referring to the late-night and early morning hours, individuals were more likely to exhibit comorbid symptoms of insomnia.
The study identified the specific associations between time durations, time points for completing online survey, and psychological symptoms/comorbidity among college students. Further exploration of their causal relationships and the underlying mechanisms is warranted.
在线心理调查允许在大学生中快速收集数据，从而为心理干预提供基础，特别是在突发公共卫生事件期间。然而，在线调查完成行为与线下心理症状之间的关联尚未得到探索。
2022 年 12 月 31 日至 2023 年 1 月 7 日，进行了一项大规模的基于网络的调查，涉及 22624 名参与者。使用标准化的措施评估心理症状，而在线调查平台记录完成调查所需的时间和完成时间。
随着时间的延长，焦虑、抑郁、失眠和创伤后应激障碍的患病率也显著增加（<0.001）。在较长的持续时间组中观察到最高的优势比。只有较长的持续时间与创伤后应激障碍显著相关。晚上 7 点到 10 点完成问卷的时间段与焦虑症状和抑郁症状显著相关。相反，在其他时间完成问卷与焦虑症状和失眠症状具体相关。完成问卷所需的时间延长与焦虑、抑郁和失眠的共病性更密切相关，而与这些症状与创伤后应激障碍的共病性关系较小。当问卷在其他时间，特别是深夜和清晨完成时，个体更有可能出现失眠的共病症状。
本研究确定了大学生在线调查完成时间持续时间、完成时间点与心理症状/共病之间的具体关联。需要进一步探索它们的因果关系和潜在机制。
