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Research Article

Final-year university students’ mental health and access to support as they prepared to graduate

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Article: 2252918 | Received 04 May 2023, Accepted 23 Aug 2023, Published online: 24 Sep 2023

Figures & data

Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of graduating university students that participated in year 1 (2021) or year 2 (2022) of the SHIFT study

Figure 1. Histograms displaying the distribution of anxiety, depression, perceived stress and psychosocial wellbeing scores in final-year undergraduate students that participated in the SHIFT study.

Note: The lines in the Anxiety and Depression graphs display the threshold for clinically relevant symptoms (GAD-7 ≥ 10, PHQ-9 ≥ 10).
Figure 1. Histograms displaying the distribution of anxiety, depression, perceived stress and psychosocial wellbeing scores in final-year undergraduate students that participated in the SHIFT study.

Table 2. Multivariable linear regression using LS mean estimate models of depression and anxiety symptoms by sociodemographic characteristics among graduating university students in the SHIFT study (2021, 2022)

Table 3. Multivariable linear regression using LS mean estimate models predicting psychosocial wellbeing and perceived stress by sociodemographic characteristics among graduating university students in the SHIFT study (2021, 2022)

Figure 2. Types of mental health support accessed by participating university students in the final year of their undergraduate program (2021, 2022; N = 587).

Figure 2. Types of mental health support accessed by participating university students in the final year of their undergraduate program (2021, 2022; N = 587).

Table 4. Frequency and Chi-square results for knowing where to access support, and access of formal and informal support in the past year, by sociodemographic characteristics among graduating university students in the SHIFT study

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author, [MM] upon reasonable request.