Depression and lifestyle among university students: A one-year follow-up study

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpsy.2024.100250
• Publication Date: 2024-02-07T11:48:53Z
• Authors: Lorenzo Roldán-Es...; Pau Riera-Serra; Miquel Roca; Mauro García-Toro; Victoria Coronado...; Adoración Castro; Guillem Navarra-V...; Gemma Vilagut; Itxaso Alayo; Laura Ballester; María Jesús Blasco; José Almenara; Ana Isabel Cebrià; Enrique Echeburúa; Andrea Gabilondo; Carolina Lagares; José Antonio Piqu...; Victoria Soto-Sanz; Philippe Mortier; Ronald C. Kessler; Jordi Alonso; Inés Forteza-Rey; Margalida Gili
• Keywords: Depression

University stage is a risk period for development of mental disorders and major depression disorder (MDD) one the most prevalent disorders. There increasing evidence about influence lifestyle factors on onset maintenance, nevertheless there great heterogeneity between analyzed few longitudinal studies has been carried out. The current study aims to longitudinally assess MDD courses among first-year university students. First-onset persistence trajectories are measured using baseline 12-months follow-up online surveys. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed risk/protective associations MDD. 1,292 participants included. Mean age included at was 18.5 (SD= 1.16) 75.7 % female. T2 10.3 38.9 respectively. Maintenance healthy sleep (Adjusted Odds Ratio (aOR) = 0.26; 95 CI =0.12–0.58) physical activity (aOR 0.24; 0.10–0.58) protectively associated against first-onset. Adoption levels social support showed protective effect 0.17; 0.07–0.44). Lifestyle should be considered in order improve prevention strategies Sleep, activity, seem have crucial role this population.