Levels of depression and anxiety and their relationship with the academic performance of university students in health. Systematic review

Abstract

Introduction. The present systematic review is associated with the levels of depression, anxiety and its relationship with the academic performance of university students in the health area. Objective. The main objective of this research is focused on determining the levels of depression, anxiety and their relationship with the academic performance of university students in the health area from a systematic review. Methodology. It is a study of secondary origin of a systematic type without meta-analysis in which PRISMA-type methodology was used to search the literature. For the development of the systematic review, the following scientific databases were selected: Scielo, Pubmed, Redalyc and Proquest. The search strategies focused on the identification of MeSH terms, which correspond to: "anxiety", "depression", "Academic Performance" and "Health students". Results. Among the main results obtained from the search, a total of 9 studies were identified in the Scielo database, 725 in the Pubmed database, 6276 in the Redalyc database, and 7241 in Proquest. Finally, it was established that the included studies correspond to cross-sectional, descriptive, and correlational studies, with a total of 9266 students from the various branches of health. Conclusion. The results obtained allowed us to establish that there is a direct relationship between the level of stress and/or depression and the low performance of the students. However, it is necessary to continue conducting research to investigate other intervening variables that may or may not have a direct correlation with the academic performance of students in health-related careers.