Depression and Anxiety among Undergraduate Health Science Students: A Scoping Review of the Literature
Gerald Agyapong-Opoku, Belinda Agyapong, Gloria Obuobi-Donkor, Ejemai Eboreime, Ines Testoni · 2023
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Gerald Agyapong-Opoku and co-authors survey the published research on depression and anxiety among undergraduate health science students. These students face heavy workloads, money strain, and family histories of illness, and earlier reports suggested strikingly high rates of distress. The team searched five major databases and charted what the literature reports.
Across studies, anxiety rates ran from under six percent to over eighty percent, with a middle value near forty-four percent. Depression rates ranged from about two percent to nearly eighty-nine percent, centered near thirty-five percent. Reported links included age, sex, relationships, ethnicity, family history, personal health, and academic and money pressures. The wide spread itself signals uneven methods, and the authors flag gaps for future work.
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| CREATOR | Gerald Agyapong-Opoku, Belinda Agyapong, Gloria Obuobi-Donkor, Ejemai Eboreime, Ines Testoni |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 61 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |