Psychological state and its correlates of local college students in Wuhan during COVID‐19 pandemic

Abstract

In 2020, the lockdown of Wuhan due to the outbreak of COVID‐19 impacted various aspects of local college students' life and may further negatively affect their psychological state. This study was conducted among 652 Wuhan local college students during the quarantine of this city. We assessed their psychological state using Depression‐Anxiety‐Stress Scale 21 and evaluated their living condition including diet, schedule, recreational activities, social contact, academic life, and attention paid to pandemic news. Results showed that 16.87% of the students reported stress, 28.68% with anxiety, and 35.12% had depression. According to multivariate logistic regression analysis, having a medical background was associated with higher stress levels; students who had an irregular diet and schedule were more likely to develop stress, anxiety, and depression; students with their academic life affected had a higher prevalence of anxiety and depression. By studying local students in the hardest‐hit area during the pandemic, our findings can provide references for the improvement of college students' mental health in the long term.

Guard Dog: A College Students Personal Touch Sanitizer

“…University is a key development period in life [8] . College students are generally under great pressure [3] . Anxiety and depression have a high incidence rate in college students.…”

“…Low [1] , easy to be infected with bacterial diseases [2,3] , the current COVID-19 pandemic has made college students a special group, their study life has been changed, online learning, restricted going out, mental and physical health are further improved drop [6,7] . It is recognized that the office environment is contaminated with bacteria [9] , computer keyboards, mice and work surfaces may be contaminated with bacteria, and the number of bacteria in multi-user environments is higher [9,11,13] , Al-Harmoosh et al ( 2019 ) showed that bacteria from doorknobs and keyboards in university public areas are one of the main sources of cross-transmitted bacteria and bacterial infection in the university environment [10] .…”

“…Encouraging students to actively carry out protective activities can reduce their risk of disease [3] . Using hand sanitizer to clean hands during the COVID-19 pandemic can prevent the spread of the virus [16] , but after students touch smartphones and other devices after completing hand cleaning, their hands will re-attach bacteria, while cleaning hands Personal contact items should be cleaned.…”

“…College students with low resistance become vulnerable. Infected groups [1] , during the COVID-19 pandemic, encouraging students to carry out protective disinfection work, providing a safe working and living environment can enhance students' confidence in fighting the epidemic and reduce the risk of illness [3,5] . In this article, we introduce Guard Dog , a concept that integrates sensors with a personal item disinfection device designed to sanitize items that students come into contact with while in the office.…”

Psychosocial factors related to school satisfaction in times of pandemic in adolescents from northern Chile

“…There seemed to be a sense of universality that the pandemic was affecting everyone (Mills et al, 2022). In this context, both positive and negative experiences, as well as the support received during the pandemic, could have in uenced the school life of individuals (Liu et al, 2022;Zhang et al, 2022).…”