Stress perception, mental health, coping strategies, and perception of digitalization in university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: Online survey of students at Saxon universities as part of a research project funded by the Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst (Saxon State Ministry for Science and the Arts; SMWK).

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00030697

Enrollment

14000

Registered

2022-11-22

Start date

2022-04-11

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

F00-F99

Interventions

Group 1: Students at cooperating universities will be asked to complete questionnaires on their current mental health, psychosocial factors relevant in this context, the use of support services at uni

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Enrollment at one of the participating universities

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: None

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Psychosocial factors and psychopathology assessed by one-time survey. For several questionnaires are used for the survey: ENRICHED Social Support Inventory (ESSI), UCLA 3-Item Loneliness Scale, General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire 8 (EDE-Q8), General Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7), Brief Resilience Scale (BRS), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-4).	—

Measure

Time frame

Psychosocial factors and psychopathology assessed by one-time survey. For several questionnaires are used for the survey: ENRICHED Social Support Inventory (ESSI), UCLA 3-Item Loneliness Scale, General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire 8 (EDE-Q8), General Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7), Brief Resilience Scale (BRS), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-4).

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Messinstrument für die Wahrnehmung von Studienanforderungen (MWS), items on the use of mental health support services, items on the use of support services at universities, and items on media use and digitalization processes at universities.	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactLukas Günthner

Universität Leipzig, Medizinische Fakultät, Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie

lukas.guenthner@medizin.uni-leipzig.de0341/9724680

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 21, 2026