Anxiety and depression tracking methods in college students: integrative review
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.36489/saudecoletiva.2021v11i60p4686-4695Keywords:
Students, Mental Health, Mental DisordersAbstract
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.