118838 20240319081009.0 doi 10.3390/su14137914 sideral 130065 ART-2022-130065 eng Idoiaga, N. Prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a meta-analysis attending SDG 3 and 4 of the 2030 agenda 2022 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Background: Most universities around the world have been heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, as declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020. Many students were isolated at home and underwent a forced transition from face-to-face learning to e-learning, at least in the first few months. The subsequent months and years were typically characterised by a slow return to normal learning under COVID-19 protocols and restrictions. A potential consequence of the lockdowns, social restrictions and changes to learning is the development of PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) in university students, affecting their health and well-being (SDG3) and quality of education (SDG4). Materials and Methods: Medline was searched through PubMed for studies on the prevalence of PTSD in university students from 1 December 2019 to 31 December 2021. The pooled prevalence of PTSD was calculated with random-effects models. Results: A total of six studies were included, across which the prevalence of PTSD among university students was 23%. Meta-regression showed that the prevalence of PTSD was significantly higher with older age, but independent of the percentage of women in a study or its methodological quality. Conclusions: Our results suggest that students suffer from PTSD at a moderate rate. Measures are needed to address the mental health issues of university students that have arisen during COVID-19 all around the world. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 3.9 2022 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 114 / 275 = 0.415 2022 Q2 T2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 48 / 128 = 0.375 2022 Q2 T2 GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 34 / 46 = 0.739 2022 Q3 T3 GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 5 / 9 = 0.556 2022 Q3 T2 0.664 2022 Geography, Planning and Development 2022 Q1 Energy Engineering and Power Technology 2022 Q2 Environmental Science (miscellaneous) 2022 Q2 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 2022 Q2 Hardware and Architecture 2022 Q2 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2022 Q2 Computer Networks and Communications 2022 Q2 5.8 2022 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Legorburu, I. Ozamiz-Etxebarria, N. Lipnicki, D. M. Villagrasa, B. Santabárbara, J. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-7297-6104 1011 615 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Microb.Ped.Radio.Sal.Pú. Área Medic.Prevent.Salud Públ. 14, 13 (2022), 7914 - [12 pp] Sustainability (Basel) Sustainability (Switzerland) 2071-1050 1890055 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/118838/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2765686 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/118838/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:118838 articulos driver 2024-03-18-14:58:52 ARTICLE