TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Depressive symptoms as a mediator between excessive daytime sleepiness and suicidal ideation among Chinese college students
JO  - International journal of environmental research and public health
A1  - Yu, Yao-Kun
A1  - Yao, Zhi-Ying
A1  - Wei, Yan-Xin
A1  - Kou, Chang-Gui
A1  - Yao, Bin
A1  - Sun, Wen-Jun
A1  - Li, Su-Yun
A1  - Fung, Kenneth
A1  - Jia, Cun-xian
SP  - e16334
EP  - e16334
VL  - 19
IS  - 23
N2  - The purpose of this study was to verify the mediating role of depressive symptoms between excessive daytime sleepiness and suicidal ideation in college students. Of the 6944 participants, 2609 (37.6%) were male and 4335 (62.4%) were female. College students with excessive daytime sleepiness (p < 0.001) and those with depressive symptoms (p < 0.001) were more likely to have suicidal ideation. Moreover, both excessive daytime sleepiness (β = 0.14, 95% CI: 1.01-1.32) and depressive symptoms (β = 1.47, 95% CI: 3.80-5.00) were associated with suicidal ideation. The effect size of the mediating role of depressive symptoms in excessive daytime sleepiness to suicidal ideation was 50.41% for the entire sample, 58.33% for males, and 42.98% for females. Depressive symptoms partially mediated the relationship between excessive daytime sleepiness and suicidal ideation. The timely assessment of depressive symptoms in college students with excessive daytime sleepiness, and intervention, may reduce their risk of suicidal ideation.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1661-7827
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192316334
ID  - ref1
ER  -