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   ^{2, 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 Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Anhui, China

² MOE Key Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle, Anhui, China

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

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

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

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

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

⁸ South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan, China

*these authors contributed equally