Table 1.
Characteristics | Mental health outcomes | ||||||||||
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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) |