ArticleBMC public health2025
Analysis of sub-health status and related factors in medical students in the Chinese Mainland from the perspective of health ecology.
Article in BMC public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
2 citing papers in PubMed.
- Analysis of frailty status and its influencing factors in maintenance hemodialysis patients based on the health ecological model.BMC nephrology · 2025Article
- Mechanism of career resilience formation during the role transition of medical interns: a grounded theory study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundSub-health status (SHS) refers to the physical condition in which a person falls between being healthy and having a disease. The sub-health status of medical students is related to many factors. The aim of this study is to explore the current situation and related factors of sub-health of medical students from the perspective of health ecology, to provide a basis for the formulation of intervention measures and improve the health level of medical students.
methodsThe data for this study came from a nationwide cross-sectional survey conducted in June-August 2022, covering 32 provinces and autonomous regions in mainland China. Multi-stage random sampling was used to recruit. 30,505 valid questionnaires were finally collected. According to the purpose of this study, the subjects were medical students. A total of 1878 subjects were included in the study. Binary stepwise logistic regression and back propagation neural network (BPNN) were used to explore the influencing factors of sub-health.
resultsThe prevalence of sub-health among medical students in mainland China is 57.5%. Results revealed that negative life events (odds ratio [OR] = 1.64; 95%CI = 1.31-2.04), anxiety (OR = 1.97; 95%CI = 1.27-3.10), depression (OR = 1.80; 95%CI = 1.30-2.51), second-hand smoke exposure (OR = 1.32; 95%CI = 1.06-1.64), problematic Internet use (OR = 1.15; 95%CI = 1.12-1.17), and perceived stress (OR = 1.16; 95%CI = 1.10-1.22) were identified as risk factors for sub-health among medical students, and the level of health literacy was found to be a protective factor for sub-health (OR = 0.96 (95%CI = 0.94-0.98). Sub-health risk increased with increasing smartphone use 1-2 h (OR = 1.34; 95%CI = 1.03-1.73) and ≥ 2 h (OR = 1.44; 95%CI = 1.05-1.98). Four important variables were determined according to the BPNN results: perceived stress, problematic Internet use, depression, and health literacy.
conclusionsMedical students in mainland China have a high rate of SHS, indicating it's a pressing public health issue for them. Factors like mental health, internet use problems, and health literacy are linked to SHS occurrence in this group. This study provides a scientific basis for early identification of high-risk groups, and provides a reference for developing personalized intervention measures based on the perspective of health ecology.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.