APHRC-DSE/INSPIRE-Mental-Health_Psychological_Interventions_Meta-analysis

Psychological interventions for mental health disorders among university students in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis # INSPIRE-Mental-Health_Psychological_Interventions_Meta-analysis Psychological interventions for mental health disorders among university students in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis ## Summary Mental disorders such as depression, anxiety, and psychosis, constitute a significant global health burden, affecting diverse populations amid rising unemployment, poverty, and limited educational access. A systematic review and meta-analysis was done to examine the efficacy of psychological in-terventions for mental health disorders among university students in Africa. The meta-analysis was conducted using a Random-Effects Model. A comprehensive search for scientific publications published in English between 2010 and 2024 in four databases: `Medline (PubMed)`, `Web of Science`, `Scopus`, and `gray literature sources`, yielded articles encompassing a range of intervention types and study designs. ## Setup We are assuming you have `R Software`, `Rstudio IDE` and `Python` installed. If not you can download and install **R software** then followed by **RStudio/Posit IDE**. For installation of Python, you can go through the document `Instructions for installing Python.docx`. You can also use `Google Colab` which is a hosted Jupyter Notebook service that requires no setup to use and provides free access to computing resources, including GPUs and TPUs. **Google Colaboratory** ## Data The data used for analysis and/or generated are available on reasonable request from the **Study PI - Agnes Kiragga** and **Study Program Coordinator - Bylhah Mugotitsa**. - **Data used for analysis:** `PRT.csv` - **Meta Data Generated:** `authors_table.xlsx` and `All samples (1).xlsx`. ## Run After cloning the repository or downloading the ZIP, you also need the data files (**Data used for analysis** and **Meta Data Generated**) in the _INSPIRE-Mental-Health_Psychological_Interventions_Meta-analysis_ folder. Open `Rstudio` then set your working directory to the _INSPIRE-Men …