Depression and its correlation with social support and health-promoting lifestyles among Chinese university students: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the prevalence of depression in college students and determine how social support and healthy lifestyle factors are associated with depression in this population.

Design

A cross-sectional design.

Setting

A comprehensive university in Changsha, Hunan, South China. The study was conducted from May to June 2019.

Participants

A total of 541 students at the comprehensive university.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale, Social Support Rating Scale and Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile-II (HPLP-II) were used to evaluate depression, social support and lifestyles, respectively, and analyse the mutual relationships among them.

Results

Among the 541 participants, 161 (29.8%) experienced depr

SUBMITTER: Tang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8258557 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature