Meta-Analysis of Anxiety Symptoms and Influencing Factors Among Chinese College Students

OBJECTIVE: To explore the influencing factors on anxiety symptoms among Chinese college students and provide a reference for the prevention and treatment of mental disorders in this population. METHODS: The PubMed, Embase, CNKI, Wanfang Data, and VIP databases were searched electronically for published studies on anxiety symptoms among Chinese college students. A meta-analysis was conducted using RevMan 5.4 software after extracting the relevant data. A random-effects meta-analysis was applied. RESULTS: Twenty articles were included, with a total sample size of 34,672 participants and a detection rate of 23.46% for anxiety symptoms. The results revealed that graduation status (I²=84%, odds ratio [OR]=1.52, p=0.020), professional satisfaction (I²=0%, OR=0.55, p