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. 2022 May 3;13:868369. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.868369

Table 1.

Crude and adjusted prevalence rates of mental health outcomes at T1 and T2 in the whole sample (n = 68,891 at T1; n = 22,540 at T2) and detailed prevalence rates according to gender and degree.

Characteristics Mental health outcomes
Target population Study sample Stress (PSS >26) Anxiety (STAI-Y2 >55) Depression (BDI >15) Suicidal thoughts
T1 T2 T1 T2 T1 T2 T1 T2 T1 T2
Crude prevalence rate [95%CI] including non-binary students N = 68,891 N = 22,540 24.8 [24.4–25.1] 21.7 [21.2–22.3] 27.5 [27.1–27.8] 22.1 [21.6–22.7] 16.1 [15.8–16.4] 13.9 [13.5–14.4] 11.4 [11.2–11.7] 13.2 [12.7–13.6]
Crude prevalence rate [95%CI] excluding non-binary students N = 68,106 N = 22,205 24.5 [24.2–24.8] 21.4 [20.9–22.0] 27.2 [26.9–27.5] 21.8 [21.2–22.3] 15.8 [15.5–16.1] 13.7 [13.2–14.1] 11.0 [10.8–11.3] 12.7 [12.3–13.2]
Standardized prevalence rate [95%CI] N = 1,635,350 N = 68,106 N = 22,205 22.4 [22.1–22.7] 20.1 [19.6–20.6] 25.5 [25.2–25.8] 20.8 [20.3–21.4] 14.3 [14.1–14.6] 12.6 [12.2–13.1] 10.6 [10.3–10.8] 12.3 [11.8–12.7]
Bachelor, n (%)
Men 423,923 (25.9) 14,250 (20.9) 4,462 (20.1) 2,071 (14.5) 633 (14.2) 2,349 (16.5) 643 (14.4) 1,702 (11.9) 520 (11.6) 1,425 (10.0) 521 (11.7)
Women 573,542 (35.1) 40,521 (59.5) 12,717 (57.3) 11,430 (28.2) 3,014 (23.7) 12,370 (30.5) 3,001 (23.6) 7,347 (18.1) 1,971 (15.5) 4,744 (11.7) 1,713 (13.5)
Master, n (%)
Men 234,829 (14.3) 3,266 (4.8) 1,207 (5.4) 515 (15.8) 176 (14.6) 652 (20.0) 215 (17.8) 339 (10.4) 120 (9.9) 298 (9.1) 134 (11.1)
Women 347,872 (21.3) 8,658 (12.7) 3,217 (14.5) 2,419 (27.9) 819 (25.5) 2,811 (32.5) 845 (26.3) 1,265 (14.6) 371 (11.5) 897 (10.4) 394 (12.2)
Doctorate, n (%)
Men 28,365 (1.7) 463 (0.7) 187 (0.8) 59 (12.7) 24 (12.8) 80 (17.3) 32 (17.1) 35 (7.6) 14 (6.9) 55 (11.9) 15 (8.0)
Women 26,819 (1.6) 948 (1.4) 415 (1.9) 195 (20.6) 97 (23.4) 270 (28.5) 96 (23.1) 82 (8.6) 41 (9.9) 93 (9.8) 46 (11.1)