Haruna Umar, Mohammed Abdul-Raheem, Braimah Mary
Department of Social and Behavioural Change, School of Public Health, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana.
Department of Guidance and Counselling, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana.
BMC Psychiatry. 2025 Jul 1;25(1):632. doi: 10.1186/s12888-025-07069-8.
This study investigated the levels of depression, anxiety, and stress among first-year university students and predictors of depression, anxiety, and stress among this cohort of students. Six hundred and eighty-eight (688) first-year undergraduate students were sampled for the study. The Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) was used to assess the prevalence of mental health issues. The results showed prevalence rates for depression, anxiety, and stress among students were 49%, 75%, and 73.26%, respectively. Females reported higher levels of all three variables. There were positive correlations between academic stress and depression (r =.27), anxiety (r =.21), and stress (r =.23), all significant at p <.001. These results suggest that depression, anxiety, and stress are common mental health issues among undergraduate students, affecting individuals to varying degrees and influenced by a range of factors.
本研究调查了大学一年级学生的抑郁、焦虑和压力水平，以及该群体学生抑郁、焦虑和压力的预测因素。本研究抽取了688名大学一年级本科生作为样本。使用抑郁、焦虑和压力量表-21（DASS-21）来评估心理健康问题的患病率。结果显示，学生中抑郁、焦虑和压力的患病率分别为49%、75%和73.26%。女性在这三个变量上的得分均较高。学业压力与抑郁（r = 0.27）、焦虑（r = 0.21）和压力（r = 0.23）之间存在正相关，所有相关性在p < 0.001时均具有显著性。这些结果表明，抑郁、焦虑和压力是本科生常见的心理健康问题，对个体有不同程度的影响，并受一系列因素的影响。
