STUDENTS LEVELS OF DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, AND STRESS INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITY

Abstract

This study conducts a cross-sectional descriptive survey to find out the level of depression, anxiety and stress of students (school year 2022 - 2023) at the Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City based on questionnaire survey Scale (DASS21). The research results from 818 respondents showed that the proportions of students experiencing depression, anxiety, and stress were 24.2%, 19.4% and 6.8%, respectively, of which, the rate of serious depression accounted for 1.3%, anxiety accounted for 2% and very serious accounted for 1.6% analysis. There were also statistically significant differences among groups of students with different economic backgrounds.

These results help the school design appropriate intervention strategies to improve students' mental health, contributing to improving the quality of education and training of the school in the current period.