Prevalence of depression among students at Ethiopian universities and associated factors: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Depression is the most common cause of disability in the world, which affects 350 million people. University students struggle to cope with stressors that are typical of higher education institutions as well as anxiety related to education. Although evidence indicates that they have a high prevalence of depression, no reviews have been done to determine the prevalence of depression among students at Ethiopian universities comprehensively.

Methods

Without regard to time constraints, PubMed, Scopus, and EMBASE were investigated. A manual search for an article reference list was also conducted. The Meta XL software was used to extract relevant data, and the Stata-11 meta-prop package was used to analyze it. The Higgs I2 test was used to test for heterogeneity.

Res

SUBMITTER: Anbesaw T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10569578 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature