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ABSTRACT: Background
Mental distress is an important public health problem and becoming a common health problem among university students. This systematic review and meta-analysis will provide the pooled prevalence of mental distress and identify determinant factors associated with mental distress among university students in Ethiopia.Method
A systematic search of PubMed, EMBASE, and PsycINFO databases will be conducted. In addition, we will search grey literature resources such as a database/website of dissertations and theses, WHO websites, and websites of professional bodies. Reference lists of the selected articles will also be searched for additional articles. All observational studies reporting the prevalence of mental distress and/or associated factors among university students in Ethiopia will be included. Pooled prevalence with 95% confidence interval (95% CI) will be calculated using random-effects and quality-effects models. Subgroup and sensitivity analyses will be performed. Heterogeneity between studies and evidence of publication bias will also be assessed.Discussion
The proposed systematic review and meta-analysis will provide a pooled prevalence of mental distress and associated factors to assist policy-makers and programme managers in developing evidence-based mental health promotion and prevention programmes in university/college settings.Systematic review registration
PROSPERO CRD42017067223.
SUBMITTER: Dachew BA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6366100 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dachew Berihun Assefa BA Bifftu Berhanu Boru BB Tiruneh Bewket Tadesse BT Anlay Degefaye Zelalem DZ Wassie Meseret Adugna MA Betts Kim K
Systematic reviews 20190207 1
<h4>Background</h4>Mental distress is an important public health problem and becoming a common health problem among university students. This systematic review and meta-analysis will provide the pooled prevalence of mental distress and identify determinant factors associated with mental distress among university students in Ethiopia.<h4>Method</h4>A systematic search of PubMed, EMBASE, and PsycINFO databases will be conducted. In addition, we will search grey literature resources such as a datab ...[more]