@article{Ebrahim_Dhahi_Husain_Jahrami_2022, title={The Psychological Well-Being of University Students Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic: Scoping review, systematic review and meta-analysis}, volume={22}, url={https://journals.squ.edu.om/index.php/squmj/article/view/4389}, DOI={10.18295/squmj.6.2021.081}, abstractNote={<p>This review aimed to summarise the current evidence relating to university students’ psychological well-being amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. A scoping review, using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews guidelines, was first conducted to determine if the evidence can be systematically reviewed and meta-analysed. The search was performed via Google Scholar, MEDLINE/PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus and Web of Science. A total of 90 original articles were selected for the scoping review. Meta-analysis of a total of 46,284 cases revealed an overall pooled prevalence rate of 29.1% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 20.9–39.0; K = 9, N = 22357) for anxiety symptoms and 23.2% (95% CI: 15.7–32.9; K = 12, N = 23927) for depression symptoms. This data revealed that COVID-19 had a significant impact on university students’ psychological well-being.</p> <p><strong><em>Keywords: </em></strong>Adolescents; Depression; Mental Health; Pandemic; Anxiety; SARS-COV-2.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal}, author={Ebrahim, Ahmed H and Dhahi, Ali and Husain, Mohamed A and Jahrami, Haitham}, year={2022}, month={May}, pages={179–197} }