Prevalence of depression among medical students in Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Depression has become a major health problem that students in a University encounter during their study life. At least one-third and possibly up to one-half of medical students show some form of psychological distress during their medical school. Aggregated evidence is scarce in Africa though there are published articles with various outputs. Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to pool those outputs to draw concert information crucial for devising strategies to tackle depression among students at the University.

Objective

To determine the pooled prevalence of depression among African medical students.

Method

Original articles about the prevalence of depression among African medical students were searched through known and internation

SUBMITTER: Mekonnen CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11670985 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature