Effectiveness of non-pharmacological treatments for academic stress in university students: a protocol for a systematic review

Abstract

Review question / Objective: The aim of this systematic review is to analyse the effectiveness of different non-pharmacological interventions on academic stress in university students. Eligibility criteria: Those articles that meet the following criteria will be included: 1) Papers that refer to the evaluation of the efficacy of an intervention on purely academic stress, assessed with a specific academic stress assessment instrument and not general or perceived stress; 2) Samples composed only of university students; 3) Empirical studies with pretest-posttest; 4) Studies published in English, Spanish and Portuguese; 5) Articles published in the last 10 years (since January 1, 2011). Registers will be excluded if: 1) they do not meet the inclusion criteria; 2) they do not clearly define the assessment instrument or the type of stress they assess; 3) studies that do not clearly specify the implementation of a prospective intervention (e.g. studies that analyse the relationship between academic stress and having ever sought counselling from a university counselling or mental health service); 4) grey literature.

Eficacia de las intervenciones no farmacológicas para la reducción del estrés académico en estudiantes universitarios: una revisión sistemática

“…El protocolo de la revisión se registró en la Plataforma Internacional de Protocolos Registrados de Revisión Sistemática y Metaanálisis INPLASY (Registration Number 202270071) (Chust-Hernández et al, 2022).…”