Geographic Distribution of Mental Health Problems Among Chinese College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Nationwide, Web-Based Survey Study

Xiaoyan Wu ^{1, 2, 3

*} , PhD, MD ;   Shuman Tao ^{1, 3, 4

*} , PhD, MD ;   Yi Zhang ^{1, 2, 3

*} , MD ;   Shiyue Li ⁵ , MD, PhD ;   Le Ma ⁶ , MD ;   Yizhen Yu ⁷ , PhD, MD ;   Guilong Sun ⁸ , MS ;   Tingting Li ^{1, 2, 3} , MPH ;   Fangbiao Tao ^{1, 2, 3} , PhD, MD

¹ MOE Key Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle , Anhui , CN

² Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health , School of Public Health , Anhui Medical University , Anhui , CN

³ NHC Key Laboratory of Study on Abnormal Gametes and Reproductive Tract , Anhui , CN

⁴ Department of Nephrology , The Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University , Anhui , CN

⁵ School of Health Sciences , Wuhan University , Wuhan , CN

⁶ School of Public Health , Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center , Xi'an , CN

⁷ School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College , Huazhong University of Science & Technology , Wuhan , CN

⁸ South-Central Minzu University , Wuhan , CN

*these authors contributed equally

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