TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - A systematic review of studies of depression prevalence in university students
JO  - Journal of psychiatric research
A1  - Ibrahim, Ahmed K.
A1  - Kelly, Shona J.
A1  - Adams, Clive Elliot
A1  - Glazebrook, Cris
SP  - 391
EP  - 400
VL  - 47
IS  - 3
N2  - BACKGROUND: Depression is a common health problem, ranking third after cardiac and respiratory diseases as a major cause of disability. There is evidence to suggest that university students are at higher risk of depression, despite being a socially advantaged population, but the reported rates have shown wide variability across settings. PURPOSE: To explore the prevalence of depression in university students. METHOD: PubMed, PsycINFO, BioMed Central and Medline were searched to identify studies published between 1990 and 2010 reporting on depression prevalence among university students. Searches used a combination of the terms depression, depressive symptoms, depressive disorders, prevalence, university students, college students, undergraduate students, adolescents and/or young adults. Studies were evaluated with a quality rating. RESULTS: Twenty-four articles were identified that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Reported prevalence rates ranged from 10% to 85% with a weighted mean prevalence of 30.6%. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that university students experience rates of depression that are substantially higher than those found in the general population. Study quality has not improved since 1990.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-3956
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2012.11.015
ID  - ref1
ER  -