dc.contributor.author
Heumann, Eileen
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Palacio Siebe, Ana Valentina
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Stock, Christiane
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Heinrichs, Katherina
dc.date.accessioned
2025-07-30T07:59:24Z
dc.date.available
2025-07-30T07:59:24Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/48498
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-48220
dc.description.abstract
Objectives: Higher education students in Germany are vulnerable to depressive symptoms. Despite ample evidence, no comprehensive review has recently been conducted. Thus, our systematic review and meta-analysis aims at describing the extent to which students are affected by depressive symptoms. Methods: We searched three databases for articles reporting the prevalence rates of depressiveness among students in Germany published between 2002 and 2023. Pooled prevalence rates were calculated using random effects models, both for the overall sample and for subgroups categorized by gender, study setting, assessment instrument, and whether the study was conducted before or during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results: The search yielded 992 records. After screening, 60 articles remained for data extraction. About one out of five students (21.1%) exhibits depressive symptoms. Pooled prevalence rates differ between subgroups, with higher rates during the COVID-19 pandemic than before (30.6% versus 18.0%) and with females being more affected than their male counterparts (29.0% versus 23.1%). Conclusion: This review underlines the urgency with which the mental health of students should be addressed at the (higher educational) policy level. Clinical Trial Registration: PROPSPERO, Identifier CRD42022384066.
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dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject
depression symptoms
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dc.subject
higher education students
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dc.subject
mental health
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dc.subject
meta-analysis
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dc.subject.ddc
600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit
dc.title
Depressive Symptoms Among Higher Education Students in Germany—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.articlenumber
1606983
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.3389/phrs.2024.1606983
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle
Public Health Reviews
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishername
Frontiers Media SA
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume
45
refubium.affiliation
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
refubium.resourceType.isindependentpub
no
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pmid
38978768
dcterms.isPartOf.eissn
2107-6952