Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Syst Rev. 2019 Feb 7;8(1):47. doi: 10.1186/s13643-019-0966-z.
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.
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.
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.
PROSPERO CRD42017067223.
精神困扰是一个重要的公共卫生问题，也是大学生中常见的健康问题。本系统评价和荟萃分析将提供精神困扰的综合患病率，并确定与埃塞俄比亚大学生精神困扰相关的决定因素。
将对 PubMed、EMBASE 和 PsycINFO 数据库进行系统检索。此外，我们还将搜索灰色文献资源，如论文和论文数据库/网站、世界卫生组织网站和专业机构网站。还将检索选定文章的参考文献列表以获取其他文章。所有报告埃塞俄比亚大学生精神困扰患病率和/或相关因素的观察性研究都将被纳入。使用随机效应和质量效应模型计算合并患病率及其 95%置信区间（95%CI）。将进行亚组和敏感性分析。还将评估研究之间的异质性和发表偏倚的证据。
拟议的系统评价和荟萃分析将提供精神困扰的综合患病率和相关因素，以帮助决策者和方案管理者在大学/学院环境中制定基于证据的精神卫生促进和预防方案。
PROSPERO CRD42017067223。
