Baseline characteristics of university students of Karachi, Pakistan (n = 207)
| Baseline characteristics | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Age* | 23.8 ± 5.6 |
| Gender | |
| Female | 170 (82.1%) |
| Male | 37 (17.9%) |
| Academic degree | |
| Bachelors | 148 (71.5%) |
| Masters | 56 (27.0%) |
| Doctor of Philosophy | 3 (1.5%) |
| Studying without scholarship | 149 (72.0%) |
| Marital status | |
| Divorced/Separated/Widowed | 4 (2.0%) |
| Engaged | 11 (5.3%) |
| Married | 23 (11.1%) |
| Single | 169 (81.6%) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Urdu Speaking | 67 (32.3%) |
| Gilgiti | 54 (26.1%) |
| Sindhi | 24 (11.6%) |
| Gujrati | 24 (11.6%) |
| Katchi | 15 (7.3%) |
| Pashto | 13 (6.3%) |
| Other | 10 (4.8%) |
| Currently residing | |
| Living with parents | 173 (83.6%) |
| Living in a rented house | 16 (7.7%) |
| Living in a hostel | 11 (5.3%) |
| Living at relative/friend house | 7 (3.4%) |
| Employed mother | 46 (22.2%) |
| Employed father | 134 (64.7%) |
| Engaged in paid employment | 50 (24.2%) |
| Extended family system | 59 (28.5%) |
| Monthly income (Rs = Rupees) | |
| Less than Rs. 5,000 | 7 (3.4%) |
| Rs 5,000 - 10,000 | 5 (2.4%) |
| Rs 10,001- 20,000 | 21 (10.1%) |
| Rs 20,001 - 40,000 | 48 (23.2%) |
| More than Rs 40,000 | 126 (60.9%) |
| Past psychiatric illness or symptom | 74 (35.7%) |
| Family having psychiatric illness or symptom | 55 (26.6%) |
| Chronic medical history (HTN, DM & etc) | 25 (12.1%) |
| Relative or acquaintance got COVID-19 | 90 (43.4%) |
| Impaired social support system | 180 (86.9%) |
| Mean stress score among students* | |
| Perceived stress (PSS-10) | 20.3 ± 5.0 |
| Low (0–13) | 20 (9.7%) |
| Moderate (14–26) | 158 (76.3%) |
| High (27–40) | 29 (14.0%) |
| Mean anxiety score among students* | 8.2 ± 5.4 |
| Anxiety (cutoff score of 10) | 83 (40.1%) |
| Minimal | 65 (31.4%) |
| Mild | 59 (28.5%) |
| Moderate | 53 (25.7%) |
| Severe | 30 (14.4%) |
| Mean depression score among students* | 9.3 ± 6.9 |
| Depression (cutoff score of 10) | 143 (69.1%) |
| None | 64 (31.0%) |
| Mild | 55 (26.5%) |
| Moderate | 40 (19.3%) |
| Moderately severe | 31 (15.0%) |
| Severe | 17 (8.2%) |
| Baseline characteristics | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Age* | 23.8 ± 5.6 |
| Female | 170 (82.1%) |
| Male | 37 (17.9%) |
| Bachelors | 148 (71.5%) |
| Masters | 56 (27.0%) |
| Doctor of Philosophy | 3 (1.5%) |
| Studying without scholarship | 149 (72.0%) |
| Divorced/Separated/Widowed | 4 (2.0%) |
| Engaged | 11 (5.3%) |
| Married | 23 (11.1%) |
| Single | 169 (81.6%) |
| Urdu Speaking | 67 (32.3%) |
| Gilgiti | 54 (26.1%) |
| Sindhi | 24 (11.6%) |
| Gujrati | 24 (11.6%) |
| Katchi | 15 (7.3%) |
| Pashto | 13 (6.3%) |
| Other | 10 (4.8%) |
| Living with parents | 173 (83.6%) |
| Living in a rented house | 16 (7.7%) |
| Living in a hostel | 11 (5.3%) |
| Living at relative/friend house | 7 (3.4%) |
| Employed mother | 46 (22.2%) |
| Employed father | 134 (64.7%) |
| Engaged in paid employment | 50 (24.2%) |
| Extended family system | 59 (28.5%) |
| Less than Rs. 5,000 | 7 (3.4%) |
| Rs 5,000 - 10,000 | 5 (2.4%) |
| Rs 10,001- 20,000 | 21 (10.1%) |
| Rs 20,001 - 40,000 | 48 (23.2%) |
| More than Rs 40,000 | 126 (60.9%) |
| Past psychiatric illness or symptom | 74 (35.7%) |
| Family having psychiatric illness or symptom | 55 (26.6%) |
| Chronic medical history (HTN, DM & etc) | 25 (12.1%) |
| Relative or acquaintance got COVID-19 | 90 (43.4%) |
| Impaired social support system | 180 (86.9%) |
| Mean stress score among students* | |
| 20.3 ± 5.0 | |
| Low (0–13) | 20 (9.7%) |
| Moderate (14–26) | 158 (76.3%) |
| High (27–40) | 29 (14.0%) |
| Mean anxiety score among students* | 8.2 ± 5.4 |
| Anxiety (cutoff score of 10) | 83 (40.1%) |
| Minimal | 65 (31.4%) |
| Mild | 59 (28.5%) |
| Moderate | 53 (25.7%) |
| Severe | 30 (14.4%) |
| Mean depression score among students* | 9.3 ± 6.9 |
| Depression (cutoff score of 10) | 143 (69.1%) |
| None | 64 (31.0%) |
| Mild | 55 (26.5%) |
| Moderate | 40 (19.3%) |
| Moderately severe | 31 (15.0%) |
| Severe | 17 (8.2%) |
Note(s): *Mean Standard deviation (SD)
Source(s): Authors work