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Table 1 Table of included studies

From: Factors that influence mental health of university and college students in the UK: a systematic review

Author (year)

Design

Participants

Universities

Year group

Subjects

Female

BAMEa

ISa

Mean age

Berry (2012) [42]

CS -QS

57

1

3.5% (n = 2) 1st year

75.4% (n = 43) 2nd year

1.8% (n = 1) 3rd year

19.3% (n = 11) postgraduate

72% psychology

86%

NR

NR

21.2

Boulton (2019) [52]

Longitudinal QS

175

1

49% 1st year

49% 1st year

27% 2nd year

21% 3rd year

multiple

66%

NR

NR

NR

Davies (2019) [53]

longitudinal /prospective

325

NR

NR

NR

70.8%

NR

NR

NR

Denovan (2017a) [43]

longitudinal 1 year

192

1

NR

psychology

82%

  

19,7

Denovan (2017b) [54]

CS QS

202

1

NR

social science students

73.8%

NR

NR

22.8

El Ansari (2013, 2014 a,b,c 2015) [28,29,30,31, 55]

CS QS

3706

7

NR

NR

72.8%

NR

NR

24.9

Freeth(2013) [56]

CS QS

1325

1

NR

NR

61.90%

NR

NR

20.1

Gorczynski (2017)

CS QS

330

1

54.4% 1st year

NR

44.2%

NR

NR

20.9

Gnan(2019) [33]

CS QS

1948

multiple

NR

NR

46.9%

NR

NR

20.3

Hassel (2018) [44]

CS QS

77

1

NR

psychology

80.5%

NR

NR

19.1

Hixenbaugh (2012) [38]

CS QS

429

1

1st year

NR

69% F

NR

NR

21.8

Holliman (2018) [39]

Longitudinal survey

186

1

1st year

psychology

75%

NR

24%

19.2

Honney (2010) [47]

CS QS

853

1

NR

medicine (n = 553) non-medical (n = 300)

66%

37.4%

NR

?

Jackson (2015) [34]

CS QS

230

multiple

NR

NR

52%

NR

NR

21.3

Jessop (2020) [57]

CS QS

337

1

1st year students, 101 (29.97%) 2nd year, 117 (34.72%) 3rd year and 24 (7.12%) fourth year

NR

69.1%

NR

NR

21.1

Kannanagara (2018) [58]

CS QS (and qualitative interviews)

440

1

81% Undergraduates

NR

55.7%

NR

NR

range 21–39

Kotera (2019) [48]

CS QS

138

1

NR

business

49%

NR

29%

21.2

Lloyd (2014) [59]

CS QS

315

3

NR

NR

83%

8% non-UK born 5% English not primary language

NR

23.4

Mahadevan (2010) [51]

case control

261

1

NR

NR

70%

NR

NR

?

McIntyre (2018) [60]

CS QS

1135

1

• 1st -year students comprised 46%

• 2nd—and 3rd year students made up 35% and 21%, respectively

• Health and Life Sciences (30%), Humanities and Social sciences (42%) and Science and Engineering (18%)

71%

18% (non-white Britsih)

NR

20.8

McLafferty (2019) [40]

CS QS

739

4

1st year

NR

61%

NR

NR

21

Nightingale (2013) [41]

longitudinal (1 year)

331

1

1st year

multiple

53.6%

13% non-white British)

NR

18–49

Norbury (2019) [45]

CS QS

546

2

1st 291 (53)

2nd 225 (41)

3rd 30 (6)

89% psychology

84%

N R

NR

20.4

Oliver (2010) [49]

CS QS

146

1

1st or 2nd year

sports science

33.6%

NR

NR

19.3

O'Neill (2018) [50]

longitudinal retrospective (1 year)

739

1

NR

NR

62.5%

NR

NR

21

Por (2011) [46]

prospective correlational survey

130

NR

range

nursing

90%

18.5% African

4% Asian

4% Caribbean

NR

28

Ribchester (2014) [61]

CS QS (and focus group)

413

1

NR

English/Geography

NR

NR

NR

NR

Richardson (2015,2017a,2017b,2018) [35, 36, 62, 63]

longitudinal

390–454

every university

range

NR

77.9%

10%

NR

19.9

Taylor (2020) [64]

CS QS

707

2

NR

multiple faculties

75.2%

17%

NR

23.1

Thomas (2020) [65]

CS QS

510

multiple

1st year

multiple

60.8%

NR

NR

18–24 (n = 476)

Tyson (2010) [66]

CS QS

100

1

NR

NR

80%

NR

NR

20.4

  1. NR Not reported, CS QS Cross-sectional Questionnaire, Survey aBAME (Black, asian, and minority ethnic group), IS International students