Kevin Dadaczynski|Orkan Okan|Melanie Messer|Katharina Rathmann
University students’ sense of coherence, future worries and mental health: findings from the German COVID-HL-survey
Fulda University of Applied Sciences|Leuphana University of Lüneburg|Bielefeld University|Universität Trier|Fulda University of Applied Sciences
earlyon covid19 pandemic universities closed part nationwide public health response covid19 outbreak studying student life significantly changed based limited evidence aim study explore relationship sense coherence soc future worries mental health outcomes among german university students early phase pandemic crosssectional online survey n 14 916 participants carried inviting private public universities germany data analysed using univariate bivariate multivariate statistics findings indicate low low wellbeing 38 university students moreover 29 reported affected least two health complaints week health outcomes follow social gradient could frequently observed respondents lower subjective social status female students regression analysis revealed significant association soc dimensions wellbeing 12203 well health complaints 158171 high level future worries associated lowvery low wellbeing 283 multiple health complaints 284 based results public health response pandemic university health promotion therefore consider student mental health important target within policy action frameworks