Research suggests that one in three people will experience depression, anxiety or a substance use disorder in their lifetime. University students are at high risk of depression. | News24Wellness
to assess the prevalence of probable depression. We also identified factors associated with probable depression. These factors included age, marital status and substance use .
We had a response rate was 8.4% . Though low, such response rates are common in online surveys. While our survey should be interpreted with caution, the key findings are similar to otherCertain socio-demographic factors were associated with lower odds of screening positive for probable depression. Students who identified as white were 36% less likely than black students to screen positive for depression.
Students with enough money for luxury goods and extra things were 56% less likely than those who had enough money for food and clothes, but were short of many other things, to screen positive for depression. These findings are similar to a recentStudents who reported substance use had higher odds of screening positive for probable depression. But the probabilities varied based on the substance used.
Those reporting using cannabis were 29% more likely than students who didn’t use cannabis to screen positive for probable depression. It’s important to note that the global
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