Table 2.
Associations of students’ mental health with demographics and academic programme characteristics.
| Anxiety Symptoms | Depression Symptoms | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Did Not Have Anxiety Symptoms | Had Anxiety Symptoms | OR, 95 % C.I. a | p | They Did Not Have Depression Symptoms | Had Depression Symptoms | OR, 95 % taC.I. a | p | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||||
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 194 (62.4) | 117 (37.6) | 0.90 (0.69, 1.18) | 0.44 | 206 (66.2) | 105 (33.8) | 1.08 (0.82, 1.42) | 0.59 |
| Female | 485 (59.9) | 325 (40.1) | 550 (67.9) | 260 (32.1) | ||||
| Age | ||||||||
| 18–24 years old | 547 (60.4) | 359 (39.6) | 1.04 (0.77, 1.42) | 0.78 | 603 (66.6) | 303 (33.4) | 1.24 (0.90, 1.72) | 0.20 |
| 25 years old or above | 132 (61.4) | 83 (38.6) | 153 (71.2) | 62 (28.8) | ||||
| Ethnicity | ||||||||
| Chinese | 636 (61.9) | 391 (38.1) | 0.52 (0.34, 0.79) | 0.002 ** | 699 (68.1) | 328 (31.9) | 0.72 (0.47, 1.12) | 0.14 |
| Others | 43 (45.7) | 51 (54.3) | 57 (60.6) | 37 (39.4) | ||||
| Country or region of residence | ||||||||
| Hong Kong | 593 (61.1) | 378 (38.9) | 0.86 (0.60, 1.21) | 0.38 | 660 (68.0) | 311 (32.0) | 0.84 (0.58, 1.20) | 0.33 |
| Others | 86 (57.3) | 64 (42.7) | 96 (64.0) | 54 (36.0) | ||||
| Mode of study | ||||||||
| Full-time | 588 (60.3) | 387 (39.7) | 1.09 (0.76, 1.56) | 0.64 | 649 (66.6) | 326 (33.4) | 1.38 (0.93, 2.04) | 0.11 |
| Part-time | 91 (62.3) | 55 (37.7) | 107 (73.3) | 39 (26.7) | ||||
| Education programme level | ||||||||
| Undergraduate | 512 (59.5) | 348 (40.5) | 1.21 (0.91, 1.61) | 0.20 | 565 (65.7) | 295 (34.3) | 1.42 (1.05, 1.94) | 0.02 * |
| Postgraduate | 167 (64.0) | 94 (36.0) | 191 (73.2) | 70 (26.8) | ||||
| Programme Year—First year | ||||||||
| Yes | 200 (58.0) | 145 (42.0) | 1.17 (0.90, 1.51) | 0.24 | 228 (66.1) | 117 (33.9) | 1.09 (0.83, 1.43) | 0.52 |
| No | 479 (61.7) | 297 (38.3) | 528 (68.0) | 248 (32.0) | ||||
| Programme Year—Final year | ||||||||
| Yes | 169 (63.5) | 97 (36.5) | 0.85 (0.64, 1.13) | 0.26 | 184 (69.2) | 82 (30.8) | 0.90 (0.67, 1.21) | 0.49 |
| No | 510 (59.6) | 345 (40.4) | 572 (66.9) | 283 (33.1) | ||||
| Field of study | ||||||||
| Medical or health-related | 323 (66.6) | 162 (33.4) | 0.64 (0.50, 0.81) | <0.001 *** | 335 (69.1) | 150 (30.9) | 0.88 (0.68, 1.13) | 0.31 |
| Others | 356 (56.0) | 280 (44.0) | 421 (66.2) | 215 (33.8) | ||||
| Programme with a practicum component | ||||||||
| Yes | 345 (62.2) | 210 (37.8) | 0.88 (0.69, 1.11) | 0.28 | 379 (68.3) | 176 (31.7) | 0.93 (0.72, 1.19) | 0.55 |
| No | 334 (59.0) | 232 (41.0) | 377 (66.6) | 189 (33.4) | ||||
Analysis was conducted by logistic regression: * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001; a OR (95% CI) = odds ratio (95% confidence interval).