Table 2.
Proportion of severe mental health problems (PHQ-15, GAD-7, PHQ-9) in the classification of selected socio-demographic characteristics—frequency (percentage ratio).
| Variable | Category | PHQ-15, n (%) | GAD-7, n (%) | PHQ-9, n (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ | SK | CZ | SK | CZ | SK | ||
| Gender | Male | 10 (2.9) | 14 (2.3) | 6 (1.7) | 21 (3.5) | 3 (0.9) | 19 (3.1) |
| Female | 134 (12.5) | 110 (10.3) | 64 (6) | 38 (3.5) | 46 (4.3) | 27 (2.5) | |
| Age | ≤ 20 | 26 (13.5) | 10 (4.9) | 19 (9.8) | 8 (3.9) | 17 (8.8) | 5 (2.4) |
| 21–25 | 95 (10.7) | 98 (7.9) | 37 (4.2) | 42 (3.4) | 28 (3.1) | 33 (2.7) | |
| 26–30 | 14 (8.2) | 8 (5.6) | 11 (6.4) | 5 (3.5) | 5 (2.9) | 5 (3.5) | |
| ≥31.00 | 9 (5.4) | 8 (9.4) | 3 (1.8) | 3 (3.5) | 3 (1.8) | 3 (3.5) | |
| Family structure | Complete family | 97 (9.5) | 100 (7.4) | 56 (5.5) | 44 (3.2) | 36 (3.5) | 30 (2.2) |
| Incomplete (mother only) | 8 (8.7) | 8 (7.5) | 2 (2.2) | 8 (7.5) | 3 (3.3) | 5 (4.7) | |
| Incomplete (father only) | 2 (8.7) | 1 (4.8) | 1 (4.3) | 2 (9.5) | 2 (8.7) | 1 (4.8) | |
| Divorced parents (with mother) | 33 (12.9) | 14 (8.4) | 11 (4.3) | 5 (3) | 9 (3.5) | 9 (5.4) | |
| Divorced parents (with father) | 4 (14.8) | 1 (5.9) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Living with siblings, orphan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (14.3) | |
| Marital status | Single | 134 (10.7) | 118 (7.5) | 67 (5.3) | 56 (3.6) | 47 (3.8) | 41 (2.6) |
| Married | 8 (5.9) | 5 (5.1) | 2 (1.5) | 2 (2) | 1 (0.7) | 5 (5.1) | |
| Divorced, widowed | 2 (5.9) | 1 (20) | 1 (2.9) | 1 (20) | 1 (2.9) | 0 | |
| Form of study | Full-time | 110 (10.6) | 115 (7.4) | 56 (5.4) | 54 (3.5) | 41 (3.9) | 42 (2.7) |
| Part-time | 34 (8.9) | 9 (7.1) | 14 (3.7) | 5 (3.9) | 8 (2.1) | 4 (3.1) | |
| Degree of study | 1st degree | 68 (10.3) | 90 (7.9) | 27 (4.1) | 42 (3.7) | 21 (3.2) | 33 (2.9) |
| 2nd degree | 34 (8.9) | 23 (5.4) | 18 (4.7) | 11 (2.6) | 8 (2.1) | 9 (2.1) | |
| Combined 1st and 2nd degree | 9 (18) | 5 (12.2) | 7 (14) | 3 (7.3) | 5 (10) | 0 | |
| 3rd degree | 33 (9.9) | 6 (8.8) | 18 (5.4) | 3 (4.4) | 15 (4.5) | 4 (5.9) | |
| Year of study | 1st | 43 (9.1) | 45 (7.4) | 26 (5.5) | 22 (3.6) | 21 (4.5) | 17 (2.8) |
| 2nd | 43 (9.9) | 47 (9.1) | 18 (4.1) | 16 (3.1) | 13 (3) | 11 (2.1) | |
| 3rd | 48 (15.1) | 25 (8.5) | 17 (5.3) | 14 (4.8) | 9 (2.8) | 13 (4.4) | |
| 4th | 2 (2.1) | 2 (1.9) | 4 (4.2) | 3 (2.9) | 2 (2.1) | 2 (1.9) | |
| 5th | 7 (9.6) | 5 (3.6) | 5 (6.8) | 3 (2.2) | 3 (4.1) | 2 (1.4) | |
| 6th | 1 (3.3) | 0 | 0 | 1 (8.3) | 1 (3.3) | 1 (8.3) | |
| Field of study | Education | 37 (13.4) | 10 (12.5) | 18 (6.5) | 5 (6.3) | 16 (5.8) | 6 (7.5) |
| Humanities & Arts | 8 (7.9) | 11 (14.1) | 5 (5) | 3 (3.8) | 2 (2) | 4 (5.1) | |
| Social, Economic & Legal Sciences | 60 (9) | 38 (5.7) | 24 (3.6) | 17 (2.5) | 14 (2.1) | 13 (1.9) | |
| Natural Science | 2 (4) | 1 (1.4) | 0 | 2 (2.7) | 0 | 2 (2.7) | |
| Design, Technology, Production & Communications | 5 (5.4) | 8 (4.9) | 3 (3.2) | 9 (5.5) | 3 (3.2) | 8 (4.9) | |
| Agricultural & Veterinary Sciences | 16 (23.9) | 5 (9.4) | 14 (20.9) | 1 (1.9) | 8 (11.9) | 1 (1.9) | |
| Health Service | 11 (20.4) | 22 (12.2) | 4 (7.4) | 9 (5) | 4 (7.4) | 2 (1.1) | |
| Services (tourism, sports, security, transport, logistics) | 3 (4.3) | 18 (7.5) | 2 (2.9) | 6 (2.5) | 0 | 5 (2.1) | |
| Informatics, Mathematics, ICT | 2 (4.3) | 11 (8) | 0 | 7 (5.1) | 2 (4.3) | 5 (3.6) | |
| Distance between home and college | ≤ 20.0 | 48 (10.4) | 25 (6.3) | 28 (6.1) | 20 (5) | 20 (4.3) | 13 (3.3) |
| 20.1–50.0 | 30 (9.4) | 17 (4.8) | 13 (4.1) | 11 (3.1) | 9 (2.8) | 8 (2.2) | |
| 50.1–100.0 | 39 (11.2) | 32 (7.5) | 13 (3.7) | 13 (3.1) | 10 (2.9) | 12 (2.8) | |
| ≥100.1 | 27 (9.2) | 49 (10.1) | 16 (5.4) | 14 (2.9) | 10 (3.4) | 12 (2.5) | |
| Residence | Village | 39 (8.5) | 58 (7) | 19 (4.2) | 30 (3.6) | 13 (2.8) | 15 (1.8) |
| City (up to 10,000) | 19 (7.5) | 12 (6.1) | 14 (5.5) | 7 (3.5) | 7 (2.8) | 8 (4) | |
| City (10,001–100,000 | 58 (12.6) | 40 (7.6) | 25 (5.4) | 16 (3) | 21 (4.6) | 19 (3.6) | |
| City (100,001–1,000,000) | 15 (8.9) | 12 (10.1) | 8 (4.7) | 5 (4.2) | 3 (1.8) | 3 (2.5) | |
| City (over 1,000,001) | 13 (15.7) | 2 (16.7) | 4 (4.8) | 1 (8.3) | 5 (6) | 1 (8.3) | |
| Housing during the semester | Dormitory | 26 (10.7) | 55 (7.8) | 16 (6.6) | 18 (2.6) | 6 (2.5) | 19 (2.7) |
| Sublet | 28 (9.8) | 22 (15.8) | 15 (5.2) | 9 (6.5) | 13 (4.5) | 7 (5) | |
| With family acquaintances | 24 (11.9) | 6 (8.8) | 10 (5) | 4 (5.9) | 9 (4.5) | 4 (5.9) | |
| With a friend | 6 (15) | 3 (10) | 4 (10) | 1 (3.3) | 4 (10) | 1 (3.3) | |
| At home | 60 (9.2) | 38 (5.1) | 25 (3.8) | 27 (3.7) | 17 (2.6) | 15 (2) | |
PHQ-15, Patient Health Questionnaire for somatic symptoms; GAD-7, Generalized Anxiety Disorder instrument; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire for depression; n, frequency of severe mental problems; CZ, Czech Republic; SK, Slovakia.