Assessment of Mental Health and Quality of Life Status of Undergraduate Students in Indonesia during COVID-19 Outbreak: A Cross-Sectional Study

Hidayah Karuniawati (), Nila Sari, Md. Sanower Hossain (), Wan Ismahanisa Ismail (), Aniq Hudiyah Bil Haq, Tri Yulianti, Taufik Taufik and Gardhika Rizky Sudarsono
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Hidayah Karuniawati: Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Surakarta 57102, Indonesia
Nila Sari: Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Surakarta 57102, Indonesia
Md. Sanower Hossain: Centre for Sustainability of Ecosystem and Earth Resources (Pusat ALAM), Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Kuantan 26300, Malaysia
Wan Ismahanisa Ismail: Faculty of Health Science, Universiti Teknology MARA, Cawangan Pulau Pinang, Kampus Bertam, Kepala Batas 13200, Malaysia
Aniq Hudiyah Bil Haq: Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Muhammadiyah Kalimantan Timur, Samarinda 75124, Indonesia
Tri Yulianti: Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Surakarta 57102, Indonesia
Taufik Taufik: Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Surakarta 57102, Indonesia
Gardhika Rizky Sudarsono: Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Muhammadiyah Kalimantan Timur, Samarinda 75124, Indonesia

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 19, 1-14

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic globally impacted physical, spiritual, and mental health (MH). The consequences significantly affected students’ quality of life (QoL) too. This cross-sectional study assessed MH status and its relationship to the QoL of college students in Indonesia. This study collected data (September 2021–April 2022) online using the depression, anxiety, and stress scale-21 (DASS-21) to measure MH and the world health organization quality-of-life scale (WHOQoL-BREF) to measure the QoL. The data were analysed using SPSS with a bivariate and multivariate linear regression test. A total of 606 respondents participated in this study, with the majority being women (81.0%), aged 21–27 years (44.3%), and unmarried (98.5%) respondents. We observed 24.4% (n = 148) moderate depression, 18.3% (n = 111) very severe anxiety, and 21.1% (n = 128) moderate stress status. The QoL measurement determined that a moderate QoL in the physical and environmental health domains (>70%) and poor QoL in the psychological health domain (58.3%) were found. Gender, age, family support, history of COVID-19 diagnosis, family with COVID-19 diagnosis, vaccination status, and physical symptoms are significantly associated with MH status and QoL ( p -value < 0.05). This study demonstrated that COVID-19 was negatively related to college students’ MH and QoL. Targeted interventions may be needed to ameliorate both MH and QoL.

Keywords: DASS-21; environmental health; mental health; psychological health; quality of life; WHOQOL-BREF (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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