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Table 4 Mental Health for all students (N = 14,880) and by Local (N = 9,398) and International students (N = 5,482)

From: Towards a health promoting university: descriptive findings on health, wellbeing and academic performance amongst university students in Australia

 

Total

Local

International

Mean

SD

Wt Mean

Mean

SD

Wt Mean

Mean

SD

Wt Mean

Resilience (CD-RISK)a [49]

26.40

7.07

26.53

27.18

6.93

27.32

25.01

7.09

25.15

n

%

Wt %

n

%

Wt %

n

%

Wt %

Self-reported current mental health condition

 Yes

2965

22.8

21.9

2292

27.6

26.5

673

14.4

14.0

 No

10,016

77.2

78.1

6014

72.4

73.5

4002

85.6

86.0

Concerned for current mental health or emotional state

 Not at all

2640

20.3

21.0

1638

19.7

20.3

1002

21.4

22.0

 A little

3988

30.7

30.8

2563

30.9

30.9

1425

30.5

30.6

 Somewhat

3528

27.2

26.9

2181

26.3

26.0

1347

28.8

28.4

 A lot

1924

14.8

14.6

1263

15.2

14.9

661

14.1

13.9

 A great deal

901

6.9

6.8

661

8.0

7.8

240

5.1

5.0

Depressive symptom (PHQ-9)a [45]

 Minimal (0–4)

4559

35.4

36.2

3004

36.4

37.3

1555

33.6

34.3

 Mild (5–9)

4492

34.9

34.8

2644

32.1

31.9

1848

40.0

39.8

 Moderate (10–14)

2172

16.9

16.5

1431

17.4

17.0

741

16.0

15.7

 Moderately severe (15–19)

1041

8.1

7.9

724

8.8

8.5

317

6.9

6.8

 Severe (20–27)

607

4.7

4.6

444

5.4

5.2

163

3.5

3.4

Anxiety symptom (GAD-7)a [46]

 Minimal (0–4)

5593

43.8

44.9

3489

42.5

43.8

2104

45.9

46.8

 Mild (5–9)

4161

32.6

32.1

2604

31.8

31.4

1557

34.0

33.4

 Moderate (10–14)

1812

14.2

13.9

1213

14.8

14.4

599

13.1

12.9

 Severe (15–21)

1216

9.5

9.1

894

10.9

10.4

322

7.0

6.9

Probable anorexia or bulimia (SCOFF)a [48]

 Yes

2836

22.3

21.2

1756

21.5

20.4

1080

23.7

22.7

 No

9897

77.7

78.8

6419

78.5

79.6

3478

76.3

77.3

Tried to harm or kill yourself in past 12 months

 Yes

607

4.9

4.8

434

5.5

5.2

173

3.9

3.9

 No

11699

95.1

95.2

7467

94.5

94.8

4232

96.1

96.1

  1. Counts (n) and percentages (%) presented, unless otherwise stated; SD Standard deviation
  2. Discrepancies in totals due to missing responses
  3. aTotal students without a missing score = 12,460; 8,004 Local students and 4,456 International students