Anxiety and depression tracking methods in college students: integrative review

Authors

  • Maira Gabriela Paetzold
  • Ligiane de Lourdes Silva
  • Márcia Regina Simões

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36489/saudecoletiva.2021v11i60p4686-4695

Keywords:

Students, Mental Health, Mental Disorders

Abstract

Objective: The present research aimed to carry out an integrative review of the literature of instruments used to track depression, anxiety and both in samples of undergraduate students. Method: the search took place in PubMed database, from 2009 to 2019. Results: Initially, 895 articles were found, of which 345 were included after reading the titles and abstracts; of these, 316 were recovered and 176 were later deleted after reading in full, totaling 140 articles. Conclusion: The most used instruments were: a) Anxiety: Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) (n = 19) and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) (n = 17); b) Depression: Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) (n = 35); and c) Mixed: Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) (n = 40) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) (n = 19). The most evaluated course was Medicine and the countries with the most articles were China (n = 24) and the United States (n = 20). Brazil published only 7 articles.

Author Biographies

Maira Gabriela Paetzold

Pharmacist (UNIOESTE) and master's student of the Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences (UNIOESTE).

Ligiane de Lourdes Silva

Pharmacist (UNOPAR), assistant professor in the Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Residences course at the State University of Western Paraná (Cascavel) and doctoral student in Education at UNIOESTE.

Márcia Regina Simões

Chemical Engineer (UEM) and professor at the Center for Engineering and Exact Sciences (CECE) at UNIOESTE.

Published

2021-01-05

How to Cite

Paetzold , M. G. ., de Lourdes Silva, L. ., & Simões, M. R. . (2021). Anxiety and depression tracking methods in college students: integrative review. Saúde Coletiva (Barueri), 11(60), 4686–4695. https://doi.org/10.36489/saudecoletiva.2021v11i60p4686-4695

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Section

Artigos Cientí­ficos