scholarly journals Internet interventions for mental health in university students: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. e1759 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathias Harrer ◽  
Sophia H. Adam ◽  
Harald Baumeister ◽  
Pim Cuijpers ◽  
Eirini Karyotaki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
University Students ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Internet Interventions

Effects of mobile mindfulness meditation on mental health of university students: Systematic review and meta-analysis (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Chen ◽  
Bin Chen ◽  
Ting Yang
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
University Students ◽  
Mindfulness Meditation ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cochrane Library ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Registration Number ◽  
Anxiety Depression

BACKGROUND Mobile mindfulness meditation (MMM) is mindfulness meditation intervention implemented by mobile devices like smart phones and apps. MMM has been used to help managing mental health of university students. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of MMM on mental health of university students in the areas of stress, anxiety, depression, mindfulness, well-being, and resilience. METHODS We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of MMM on mental health of university students. An electronic literature search using the PubMed, Web of Science, EBSCO, Cochrane Library, and EMBASE from inception to July 16, 2021 was conducted to identify studies that reported the effects of MMM on stress, anxiety, depression, mindfulness, well-being, and resilience. Two reviewers retrieved articles, evaluated quality and extracted data independently. The methodological quality of the selected studies was determined using the Cochrane criteria for risk-of-bias assessment. The RevMan Version 5.3 was used to perform meta-analysis. RESULTS A total of 10 studies, including 958 university students, were selected for meta-analysis. Results showed that MMM was more effective than the control groups in decreasing stress (SMD=-0.41, 95% CI [-0.59, -0.23], P<0.0001), alleviating anxiety (SMD=-0.29, 95% CI [-0.50, -0.09], P=0.004), enhancing well-being (SMD=0.30, 95% CI [0.11, 0.50], P=0.003), and improving mindfulness (SMD=2.66, 95% CI [0.77, 4.55], P=0.006). However, there was no difference between MMM and the control groups in depression (SMD=-0.14, 95% CI [-0.30, 0.03], P=0.11), and resilience (SMD=-0.06, 95% CI [-0.26, 0.15], P=0.59). CONCLUSIONS MMM was an effective method to reduce stress, anxiety, and to increase well-being, mindfulness of university students, further studies are needed to confirm our findings. CLINICALTRIAL review article, no trail registration number.

scholarly journals Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health and learning of college and university students: a protocol of systematic review and meta-analysis

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. e046428
Author(s):  
Jing Mao ◽  
Xin Gao ◽  
Peireng Yan ◽  
Xiaocao Ren ◽  
Yong Guan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
University Students ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Cochrane Library ◽  
College And University ◽  
Size Heterogeneity ◽  
The Impact

IntroductionCOVID-19 has a serious impact on people’s physical health and mental health. The COVID-19 pandemic forced college and university students to take online classes, which may have bad impacts on students’ learning. In addition, the students lost many job opportunities during the pandemic. Faced with employment and study pressure and worried about the epidemic, college and university students were prone to increased overall negative emotion, anxiety and depression. Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis will be conducted to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health and learning of college and university students.Methods and analysisWe will conduct electronic literature search of the PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science and Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure databases. Two researchers will independently screen the studies, extract data and assess the quality of the included studies. Any disagreement will be resolved by the third investigator. The Newcastle–Ottawa Scale and other tools will be used to assess the risk of bias, according to the study design of included studies. OR, risk ratio, mean difference and 95% CI will be considered as the effect size. Heterogeneity between studies will be assessed by subgroup and sensitivity analysis, and publication bias will be detected by funnel plots, Begg’s test and Egger’s test.Ethics and disseminationThis systematic review and meta-analysis involves no patient contact and no interaction with healthcare providers or systems. We will disseminate the findings of this study through the presentation at scientific conferences and publication in a peer-reviewed journal.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42020201132.

scholarly journals A systematic review and meta-analysis of gestational diabetes mellitus and mental health among BAME populations

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 101016
Author(s):  
Gayathri Delanerolle ◽  
Peter Phiri ◽  
Yutian Zeng ◽  
Kathleen Marston ◽  
Nicola Tempest ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Gestational Diabetes ◽  
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Meta Analysis
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