Associations between screen time, physical activity, and depressive symptoms during the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak among Chinese college students.
10.1186/s12199-021-01025-0
- Author:
Yi ZHANG
1
;
Xiaoyan WU
1
;
Shuman TAO
1
;
Shiyue LI
2
;
Le MA
3
;
Yizhen YU
4
;
Guilong SUN
5
;
Tingting LI
6
;
Fangbiao TAO
7
Author Information
1. Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, No. 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, China.
2. School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, Hubei, China.
3. School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, 76 Yanta West Road, Xi'an, China.
4. Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Hangkong Road 13, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, China.
5. South-Central Minzu University, 182 Minyuan Road, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, China.
6. NHC Key Laboratory of Study on Abnormal Gametes and Reproductive Tract, No. 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, China.
7. Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, No. 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, China. taofangbiao@126.com.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
COVID-19;
COVID-19ST;
College students;
Depression;
Physical activity;
Screen time
- MeSH:
Adult;
COVID-19/psychology*;
China/epidemiology*;
Cross-Sectional Studies;
Depression/etiology*;
Exercise;
Female;
Humans;
Male;
Mental Health/statistics & numerical data*;
Screen Time;
Students/psychology*;
Time Factors;
Universities;
Young Adult
- From:Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
2021;26(1):107-107
- CountryJapan
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND:The 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emerges in China, which spreads rapidly and becomes a public health emergency of international concern. Chinese government has promptly taken quarantine measures to block the transmission of the COVID-19, which may cause deleterious consequences on everyone's behaviors and psychological health. Few studies have examined the associations between behavioral and mental health in different endemic areas. This study aimed to describe screen time (ST), physical activity (PA), and depressive symptoms, as well as their associations among Chinese college students according to different epidemic areas.
METHODS:The study design is cross-sectional using online survey, from 4 to 12 February 2020, 14,789 college students accomplished this online study, participants who did not complete the questionnaire were excluded, and finally this study included 11,787 college students from China.
RESULTS:The average age of participants was 20.51 ± 1.88 years. 57.1% of the college students were male. In total, 25.9% of college students reported depression symptoms. ST > 4 h/day was positively correlated with depressive symptoms (β = 0.48, 95%CI 0.37-0.59). COVID-19ST > 1 h/day was positively correlated with depressive symptoms (β = 0.54, 95%CI 0.43-0.65), compared with COVID-19ST ≤ 0.5 h/day. Compared with PA ≥ 3 day/week, PA < 3 day/week was positively associated with depression symptoms (β = 0.01, 95%CI 0.008-0.012). Compared with low ST and high PA, there was an interaction association between high ST and low PA on depression (β = 0.31, 95%CI 0.26-0.36). Compared with low COVID-19ST and high PA, there was an interaction association between high COVID-19ST and low PA on depression (β = 0.37, 95%CI 0.32-0.43). There were also current residence areas differences.
CONCLUSIONS:Our findings identified that high ST or low PA was positively associated with depressive symptoms independently, and there was also an interactive effect between ST and PA on depressive symptoms.
