Impact of socioeconomic and political stressors on mental health: a cross-sectional study on university students in Lebanon.

Impact of socioeconomic and political stressors on mental health: a cross-sectional study on university students in Lebanon.

Publication date: Jan 18, 2025

A cross-sectional study was conducted investigating the association between exposure to financial, political, academic and social stressors, and symptoms of depression, anxiety and burnout among university students in Lebanon. Lebanon is a developing country experiencing a financial crisis and sociopolitical turmoil with poorly characterized impacts on the mental health of residents. To assess burnout and symptoms of depression, anxiety, a condensed version of the Malach-Pines Burnout Measure and the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4) were used, respectively. Out of 240 respondents, 52. 3% experienced burnout, 29. 3% experienced high/very high burnout, and 54. 2% reported symptoms of depression, anxiety. Women had poorer mental health outcomes. The strongest associations were between little sleep and burnout (aOR = 6. 78, p 

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Concepts Keywords
Academic Adult
Lebanon Anxiety
Pines Burnout, Professional
Sleep COVID-19
Stressors Crisis
Cross-Sectional Studies
Depression
Economic recession
Female
Humans
Lebanon
Male
Mental Health
Mental health
Politics
Socioeconomic Factors
Stress, Psychological
Students
Uncertainty
Universities
Young Adult

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH depression
disease MESH anxiety
disease MESH burnout
disease IDO country
pathway REACTOME Reproduction
disease MESH unemployment
drug DRUGBANK Coenzyme M
disease MESH PTSD
disease MESH COVID 19 pandemic
disease MESH Uncertainty
disease IDO history
disease MESH major depressive disorder
disease IDO process
disease MESH marital status
disease MESH lifestyle
drug DRUGBANK Caffeine
drug DRUGBANK Nicotine
drug DRUGBANK Ethanol
disease MESH General Anxiety Disorder
disease MESH suicidal ideation
disease MESH causality
disease MESH insomnia
drug DRUGBANK Etoperidone
disease MESH Burnout Professional
disease MESH Stress Psychological

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