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Association of depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation among university students in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Pooled it
- Influencing factors of depressive symptoms among undergraduates: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- The prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities during the SARS and COVID-19 epidemics: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.Journal of affective disorders · 2021Pooled it
- Risk factors for suicidal ideation and suicide attempt among medical students: A meta-analysis.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Prevalence of Major Depressive Disorder Among Adults in China: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- Suicide in Chinese Graduate Students: A Review From 2000 to 2019.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Pooled it
- A systematic review of depression and anxiety in medical students in China.BMC medical education · 2019Pooled it
- Help-seeking behavior of Jimma university students with common mental disorders: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2019Trial
- No Thesis, No Future! Exploring the associations between research inaccessibility and suicidal ideation.PloS one · 2026Article
- Understanding the complex network of anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and smartphone addiction among college art students using network analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Reappraisal Mitigates, While COVID-19 Burnout Exacerbates the Impact of Depressive Symptoms on Suicidal Ideation Among Chinese College Students.Psychology research and behavior management · 2024Article
- Association between sugar-sweetened beverages and duration of physical exercise with psychological symptoms among Tibetan university students at high altitude.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Frequency and machine learning predictors of severe depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation among university students.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2023Article
- Gut Microbiota in Anxiety and Depression: Unveiling the Relationships and Management Options.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Cognitive Fusion, Ruminative Response Style and Depressive Spectrum Symptoms in a Sample of University Students.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Depression and suicidal ideation among undergraduates in state tertiary institutions in Lagos Nigeria.PloS one · 2023Article
- Victimisation, Depression and Suicidal Ideation among Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Adults in Malaysia.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2022Article
- Psychological strain and suicidal ideation in young university students during Covid-19 outbreak: the mediating roles of rumination and depression.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2022Article
- Depression, anxiety, stress, and suicidal behavior among Bangladeshi undergraduate rehabilitation students: An observational study amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.Health science reports · 2022Article
- Competency-based medical education (CBME) curriculum and its effect on prevalence of anxiety, depression and stress amongst medical undergraduates.Journal of education and health promotion · 2022Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate whether depressive symptoms are associated with suicidal ideation among university students in China.Five Chinese and English electronic databases (EBSCO, PubMed, Chinese Web of Knowledge, Wanfang, and Weipu) were searched to identify relevant studies. Cross-sectional studies published from 2000 to 2016 reporting about the association between depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation among university students in China were used for meta-analysis to approximate the overall association between depression and suicidal ideation among university students in mainland China. StatsDirect 3 was used for meta-analysis of included literatures.Of 513 initially identified references, 44 studies were selected, including 88,431 participants with depressive symptoms. The combined odd ratio of the relationship was 2.174 (95% confidence interval: 2.027-2.333; P < 0.0001).There exists a moderate association between depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation among university students in China, and depressive symptoms contribute to the development of suicidal ideation. In particular, university students from western regions of China, from nonmedical background, should be provided more psychological and clinical assistance.
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