Inadequate Mental Health Literacy and Insufficient Physical Activity Potentially Increase the Risks of Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in Chinese College Students

作者：Xuexue Huang, Xiaoqing Wang, Jie Hu, Yanni Xue, YanYan Wei, Yuhui Wan, Xianbing Song, Rui Wang, Bao Zhang, Jun Fang, Shichen Zhang · 发表于：Frontiers in Psychiatry · 年份：2021 · DOI：10.3389/fpsyt.2021.753695 · 被引用次数：53 · 研究领域：COVID-19 and Mental Health、Digital Mental Health Interventions、Eating Disorders and Behaviors

Objective: The present study aimed to examine the interactive associations between physical activity and mental health literacy with anxiety and depressive symptoms in Chinese college students. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from May to July 2020. A total of 7,512 students were recruited from two medical colleges in Hefei and Anqing city in Anhui Province, China. Physical activity, mental health literacy, anxiety and depressive symptoms were measured by self-reported validated instruments. Analyses were conducted with logistic regression models. Results: The prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms was 8.6% and 16.4%, respectively. Insufficient physical activity was significantly associated with depressive symptoms ( OR = 1.359, 95% CI 1.184–1.561) and anxiety symptoms ( OR = 1.492, 95% CI : 1.237–1.799). Inadequate mental health literacy was significantly associated with depressive symptoms ( OR = 3.089, 95% CI : 2.607–3.662) and anxiety symptoms ( OR = 3.675, 95% CI : 2.861–4.721). Low physical activity rank ( OR = 1.438, 95% CI : 1.151–1.798) was significantly related with depressive symptoms but not anxiety symptoms. The students who had inadequate mental health literacy and insufficient physical activity had the highest risks of depressive symptoms ( OR = 5.049, 95% CI : 3.649–6.987) and anxiety symptoms ( OR = 5.270, 95% CI : 3.338–8.321). Conclusion: These finding indicated that Chinese college students having insufficient physical activity and ina...