Li Chun,Ma Xuemei,Chen Chen,Lyu Ying,Status and risk factors of depression with somatization symptoms in college students during the pandemic of COVID-19[J].SICHUAN MENTAL HEALTH,2021,34(2):153-157

Status and risk factors of depression with somatization symptoms in college students during the pandemic of COVID-19

DOI：10.11886/scjsws20201009002

English keywords:COVID-19 College students Depression Somatization symptom

Fund projects:上海市法医学重点实验室资助项目（项目编号：17DZ2273200）；上海市司法鉴定专业技术服务平台资助项目（项目编号：19DZ2202700）

Author Name	Affiliation	Postcode
Li Chun	Academy of Forensic Science， Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine， Shanghai Forensic Science Platform， Key Laboratory of Forensic Science， Ministry of Justice， Shanghai 200063， China	200063
Ma Xuemei	Communication University of China， Nanjing， Nanjing 211172， China	211172
Chen Chen	Academy of Forensic Science， Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine， Shanghai Forensic Science Platform， Key Laboratory of Forensic Science， Ministry of Justice， Shanghai 200063， China	200063
Lyu Ying	The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University， Nanjing 210029， China	210029

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Objective To analyze the status of depression with somatization symptoms among college students during the pandemic of COVID-19， and to screen the influencing factors.Methods From 12 to 19 March 2020， all the 2019 freshmen in Communication University of China， Nanjing completed a web-based survey， in which all the students were assessed by Psychological Questionnaires for Emergent Events of Public Health （PQEEPH）， somatization subscale of Symptom Checklist 90 （SCL-90）， Self-rating Depression Scale （SDS） and self-designed general demographic questionnaire， then the collected data were processed by univariate and multivariate Logistic regression.Results A total of 3 406 valid questionnaires were collected， with an effective recovery rate of 93.0%. The detection rate of depression symptoms and depression with somatization symptoms were 55.7% （1 898/3 406） and 4.9% （93/1 898）， respectively. Logistic regression analysis showed that single parent family （OR=2.977， P<0.01）， score of neurasthia dimension in PQEEPH （OR=3.693， P<0.01）， score of obsessive-anxiety dimension in PQEEPH （OR=6.794， P=0.001）， depression of moderate degree （OR=1.788， P=0.065）， and depression of severe degree （OR=4.462， P=0.003） were risk factors for depression with somatization symptoms of college students during the COVID-19 pandemic.Conclusion During the COVID-19 pandemic， a certain proportion of college students suffer from depression with somatization symptoms， furthermore， obsessive-anxiety， neurasthenia， moderate-to-severe depression and single parent family are the risk factors of depression with somatization symptoms among college students.

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