Introduction: Addiction to the social media could interfere with an individual’s daily life and have an impact on their psychological well-being. The emergence of social media is seen to have many influences in students’ life, and they tend to neglect their studies by spending more time on social media. Very few studies were conducted regard to social media and mental health in Malaysia. Aim: To study the association between social media addiction and mental health among nursing students. Material and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 208 undergraduate nursing students, IIUM Kuantan. A questionnaire consists of four sections; socio-demographic data, social media usage, social media addiction, and mental health were distributed. The data were analysed by using IBM Statistical Package Social Science (SPSS) version 22.0. Results: It is found that most of nursing students, 54.3% (N=113) are slightly addicted to social media, 37.0% (N=77) of them are moderately addicted, 5.3% (N=11) are highly addicted and 3.4% (N=7) have no addiction to social media. On average, the students experienced moderately severe depression and anxiety with the same mean score for each with 28.99 (9.637). They also had mild stress with mean score of 8.47 (5.436). It is found that there is an association between social media addiction with depression (r = 0.448, p<0.05), anxiety (r = 0.448, p<0.05) and stress (r = 0.313, p<0.05) respectively. For sociodemographic, there is no relationship between age, gender, level of study and CGPA. Conclusion: It was found that there is an association between social media addiction and mental health status. Social media can have a negative impact on mental health among the students. These findings seek for initiation of interventions for better social media management and mental health improvement. It could serve as a reference for future researchers to conduct their studies in the related area.

Introduction: The impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among the University students as a vulnerable population is essential to be highlighted. This study aimed to identify the effects of Covid-19 on mental health and well-being of the university students. Methods: A rapid systematic review was used to explore all the available and reliable sources from three main databases and grey literature sources in April and May 2022. It included all studies about mental health related problems among university students delivered in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) flow chart was used. Scoups list April 2022 of published journals was also viewed to verify the validity of literature. Results: A total of 4773 articles were retrieved from three databases through BMC, PMC and Science Direct and 50 articles from other sources. Among them, 32 studies were chosen for review after excluding the articles which were not directly related, non-full text, non-Scopus, and duplicates. Conclusion: Three major themes focused on university students: (a) factors involved in psychological impact and well-being of the students, (b) prevalence of mental health issues during Covid-19 pandemic, and (c) Coping strategies in dealing with the effects of Covid-19 were developed. The findings from the study are expected to provide a source of knowledge sharing and improving strategies for the students, educators, counsellors, management, and the policy makers.