The role impairment associated with mental disorder risk profiles in the WHO World Mental Health International College Student Initiative.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study is to assess the contribution of mental comorbidity to role impairment among college students.

Methods

Web-based self-report surveys from 14,348 first-year college students (Response Rate [RR] = 45.5%): 19 universities, eight countries of the World Mental Health International College Student Initiative. We assessed impairment (Sheehan Disability Scales and number of days out of role [DOR] in the past 30 days) and seven 12-month DSM-IV disorders. We defined six multivariate mental disorder classes using latent class analysis (LCA). We simulated population attributable risk proportions (PARPs) of impairment.

Results

Highest prevalence of role impairment was highest among the 1.9% of students in the LCA class with very high comorbidi

SUBMITTER: Alonso J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6877266 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature