Prevalence of anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation symptoms among university students: a systematic review

Paula, Waléria de; Breguez, Gustavo Silveira; Machado, Elaine Leandro; Meireles, Adriana Lúcia

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“…Ghrouz et al (33) found a slightly higher level of anxiety symptoms using the GAD-7 scale (30%) in Indian university students (33). This concordance with the findings of a high prevalence rate of anxiety in Ethiopia and the rest of the world indicates a major global public health problem affecting university attending young adults (32,33). The anxiety-sleep quality relationship in the present study is supported by previous reports.…”

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“…The prevalence of anxiety (~22%) in this study was slightly lower than that reported by a recent systematic review, that is, 24.5% based on a summarized finding of 48 articles from 40 countries ( 32 ). Ghrouz et al ( 33 ) found a slightly higher level of anxiety symptoms using the GAD-7 scale (30%) in Indian university students ( 33 ).…”

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Anxiety Symptoms Are Associated With Higher Psychological Stress, Poor Sleep, and Inadequate Sleep Hygiene in Collegiate Young Adults—A Cross-Sectional Study

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Background: Anxiety symptoms, stress, poor sleep, and inadequate sleep hygiene are common in university students and these affect their learning and increase attrition. However, limited knowledge exists about the inter-relationship between these factors among university students in low-middle income countries. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the prevalence of anxiety symptoms and their relationship with sleep quality, sleep hygiene practices, and psychological stress.Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with a randomly selected sample of students in Mizan-Aman, Ethiopia. Participants completed a self-administered questionnaire, which included questions about socio-demographics, socio-economic factors, the Leeds Sleep Evaluation Questionnaire-Mizan, Sleep hygiene index, Perceived stress scale-10 (PSS-10), and Generalized anxiety disorder-7 scale (GAD-7).Results: The prevalence of anxiety symptoms was about 22%. Multivariate regression analysis showed that both anxiety status χ2[(13, N = 480) = 82.68, p < 0.001], and increasing levels of anxiety (model adjusted R2 = 0.204, p < 0.001) were associated with greater psychological stress, inadequate sleep hygiene practices, and poor sleep quality scores after adjusting for age, gender, attendance, substance use, years of university education, time spent in athletic activity every day, and frequency of tea/coffee consumption.Conclusion: There was a high prevalence of anxiety symptoms in this study population, and this condition was associated with psychological stress, poor sleep, and inadequate sleep hygiene parameters. These results suggest a need to address the various aspects of mental health and its diverse sleep correlates in university students.

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Anxiety Symptoms Are Associated With Higher Psychological Stress, Poor Sleep, and Inadequate Sleep Hygiene in Collegiate Young Adults—A Cross-Sectional Study

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“…These results reflect the high levels of anxiety among French university students during lockdown. Taken together, our results suggest that students, known to constitute a vulnerable population (see systematic reviews by de Paula et al, 2020; Ibrahim et al, 2013), could become even more vulnerable during the 2020–2021 academic year, meaning that universities will have to be extremely vigilant. This vigilance will be all the more necessary, given that studies that have tracked the long-term consequences of previous pandemics suggest that psychological problems (including anxiety and depressive symptoms) may persist for months and even years after the event (e.g., Bonanno et al, 2008; Lee et al, 2007; Liu et al, 2012).…”

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“…Ibrahim et al’s (2013) literature review including 24 studies found that the prevalence of depression among university students was 30.6%. In addition, a recent systematic review including 48 articles from different parts of the world showed a prevalence of 26.1% for depressive symptoms and 24.5% for anxiety among 56,816 students (de Paula et al, 2020). However, both reviews highlighted substantial disparities between countries and studies, in terms of education level, subject, or measures used.…”

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The Psychological Vulnerability of French University Students to the COVID-19 Confinement

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Even before the current pandemic, university students were known to have high levels of hassles, anxiety, and depressive symptoms. In all probability, the advent of COVID-19 has substantially raised these levels. The present study measured the emotional state of university students during lockdown and identified the relevant situational and psychological factors. To this end, 1,297 French university students were assessed during lockdown, which lasted from 16 March to 11 May in France. Situational factors included the belief that lockdown was compromising their future job prospects, COVID-19 symptoms, and health concerns. Psychological factors included students’ implicit theory of emotion, and the coping strategies they used during lockdown. We explored the extent to which these factors were associated with levels of hassles, anxiety, and depressive symptoms. Results indicated that students’ belief that lockdown was compromising their future job prospects was positively related to hassles ( r = .34, p < .001), while concerns about their own health and that of relatives were positively associated with anxiety ( r = .37 and .34; p < .001). In addition, use of the positive reframing coping strategy mediated the effect of students’ implicit theory of emotion on their depressive symptoms. Even though the national lockdown is now over, the pandemic will continue to have a major impact on university students over the coming months. It is therefore essential for universities to provide them with adequate psychological support.

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“…Their study included 48 articles from 40 different countries from 2013 to 2018, resulting in a total population of 56816 students. The results showed that the prevalence of all three categories of symptoms (anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation) was higher among students in health-related elds compared to other students (29).…”

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The Prevalence of Educational Burnout, Depression, Anxiety, and Stress among medical students of the Islamic Azad University in Tehran, Iran

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Nejad

Sami

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Background: Psychological disorders have negative consequences on students' learning and academic performance. In addition, academic burnout is one of the common challenges that affects students’ motivation and academic eagerness; however, the determinant is not clear. Medical students, meanwhile, demand special attention due to their professional responsibilities. In this regard, this study is conducted to investigate the academic burnout, rate of depression, anxiety and stress as well as related factors among undergraduate medical students at the Tehran Medical Sciences Islamic Azad University.Methods: This cross-sectional and descriptive study was performed on medical students of Islamic Azad University of Tehran in 2017. In phase I, conducted on all stager students, Maslach Burnout questionnaire was used. In phase II, the DASS-42 questionnaire was provided for 123 students, 120 of whom met the inclusion criteria. In addition, another questionnaire including gender, age, lifestyle, marital and financial status, nutrition style, vitamin D deficiency, smoking, study hours per week, work efficiency and distance from the place of residence to the teaching hospital was used. Finally, the data extracted by SPSS version 23 was analyzed at the significance level of 0.05.Results: In phase I of the study, 17 subjects showed academic burnout (16.3%). Out of all, 76.5% of students with academic burnout did not focus on the study and students' academic burnout was associated with a decrease in their focus (P < 0.05). However, the relationship between academic burnout and other factors was not significant (P > 0.05).In phase II, the prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress was 37.5%, 41.1% and 30.3%, respectively. The prevalence of severe and very severe degrees that required psychiatric follow-up were 10.5%, 10.5% and 7% for depression, anxiety and stress, respectively. According to statistical analyzes, there is a significant direct relationship between anxiety and the distance from the place of residence to the teaching hospital (P = 0.040).Conclusion: The present study estimated the prevalence of academic burnout to be between 9.2% and 23.4%, and the level of anxiety was related to the distance from the place of residence to the hospital. This high prevalence indicates that this part of medical education needs more attention.

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Prevalence of anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation symptoms among university students: a systematic review

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Anxiety Symptoms Are Associated With Higher Psychological Stress, Poor Sleep, and Inadequate Sleep Hygiene in Collegiate Young Adults—A Cross-Sectional Study

Anxiety Symptoms Are Associated With Higher Psychological Stress, Poor Sleep, and Inadequate Sleep Hygiene in Collegiate Young Adults—A Cross-Sectional Study

The Psychological Vulnerability of French University Students to the COVID-19 Confinement

The Prevalence of Educational Burnout, Depression, Anxiety, and Stress among medical students of the Islamic Azad University in Tehran, Iran

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