In addition to physical problems, the COVID-19 crisis continues to impose serious psychological adverse effects on people's mental health, which plays a major role in the efficiency of every community. Students, especially medical sciences students, suffer from more stress as a result of exposure to COVID-induced stressors. It is, therefore, essential to measure mental health and its relationship with social support in medical sciences students during the COVID pandemic. The present study was conducted to determine the mental health status of students and its correlation with social support. This cross-sectional study was conducted using random sampling on 280 students of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences in Iran in 2020. Socio-demographic profile scale, Mental Health Test (GHQ-28), and the scale of Perceived Social Support (PRQ-85) were used to collect data. Participants completed the questionnaires online. Considering the potential confounding variables, a general linear model (GLM) was utilized to determine the relationship between mental health and perceived social support. Mean (± standard deviation) of total mental health score 26.5 (12.5) was in the acceptable range of 0–63., and 56% of students suffered from a mental disorder. Mean (± standard deviation) of social support score 128.2 (21.0) ranged from 25 to175. According to Pearson's correlation coefficient, there was a significant inverse correlation between social support score and total mental health score and all its subscales [p < 0.001; r = − 0.294 to − 0.536]. According to the GLM, mental health score decreased significantly with social support score [p = 0.0001; − 0.32 to − 0.20; CI 95%; B = 0.26]. Given the inverse relationship between social support and mental health, it is suggested to increase the level of social support for students at all times, especially during the stressful COVID-19 pandemic to improve their mental health.

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COVID-19大流行期间伊朗学生的心理健康及其与社会支持的关系

除身体问题外，COVID-19危机继续对人们的心理健康造成严重的心理不利影响，这在每个社区的效率中都发挥着重要作用。由于暴露于COVID诱导的应激源，学生，尤其是医学系学生会承受更大的压力。因此，至关重要的是在COVID大流行期间测量医学生的心理健康及其与社会支持的关系。本研究旨在确定学生的心理健康状况及其与社会支持的相关性。这项横断面研究是在2020年对伊朗大不里士医科大学的280名学生进行的随机抽样研究。社会人口统计量表，心理健康测试（GHQ-28），并使用感知社会支持量表（PRQ-85）收集数据。参与者在线完成了问卷。考虑到潜在的混淆变量，使用通用线性模型（GLM）确定心理健康与感知的社会支持之间的关系。总体心理健康得分26.5（12.5）的平均值（±标准偏差）在0-63。的可接受范围内，并且56％的学生患有精神障碍。社会支持分数的平均值（±标准差）为128.2（21.0），范围从25到175。根据皮尔森的相关系数，社会支持得分与心理健康总得分及其所有分量表之间存在显着的负相关[p <0.001; r ＝ -0.294至-0.536]。根据GLM，心理健康评分随社会支持评分而显着降低[p = 0.0001；− 0.32至− 0.20; CI 95％；B ＝ 0.26]。鉴于社会支持与心理健康之间存在反比关系，建议始终提高对学生的社会支持水平，尤其是在压力大的COVID-19大流行期间，以改善他们的心理健康。