Purpose: Studies have suggested that public health emergencies can have many psychological effects on college students, therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate current situation of college students’ anxiety and its determinants in the time of an unexpected pandemic.
Patients and Methods: We conducted convenience sampling to collect the data through network-based online questionnaires in February 2020, a total of 17,876 college students were included in the analysis. Chi-square test and multivariate logistic were used to identify the associations between the outbreak experiences and anxiety detection.
Results: This study found that detection rate of anxiety among college students was 18.2%. The differences in male students, students whose self-perceived risk of infection were high, who were greatly affected by the outbreak, eager to go back to school, reluctant to leave home and stay at home enough were of statistical significance among different anxiety level (OR> 1, P< 0.05). And the severe anxiety rate of students who living in cities was significantly higher (2.337[1.468, 3.721]).
Conclusion: Although our results show that anxiety among college students was at a low level, various universities should focus on the online activities and develop appropriate epidemic management plans to prevent their feelings of worry, tension and panic.

Keywords: anxiety, college students, network-based, COVID-19


中文翻译：

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COVID-19爆发期间大学生焦虑的在线调查

目的：研究表明突发公共卫生事件会对大学生产生许多心理影响，因此，本研究的目的是调查大学生在突发大流行期间的焦虑现状及其决定因素。
患者与方法：我们于2020年2月通过基于网络的在线问卷调查进行便利抽样收集数据，共有17876名大学生被纳入分析。卡方检验和多变量逻辑用于确定爆发经历与焦虑检测之间的关联。
结果：本研究发现，大学生焦虑检出率为18.2%。男生、自认为感染风险高的学生、受疫情影响较大、返校渴望、不愿离家、宅在家中的差异在不同焦虑程度之间具有统计学意义（或> 1, P< 0.05)。城市学生的严重焦虑率显着升高（2.337[1.468, 3.721]）。
结论：虽然我们的研究结果表明，大学生的焦虑情绪处于较低水平，但各高校应重点关注在线活动，制定适当的疫情管理计划，以防止他们的焦虑、紧张和恐慌情绪。

关键词：焦虑，大学生，基于网络，COVID-19