Objectives
The present systematic review
aimed to address the following question: What is the mental health
status of African universities’ students during the COVID-19 pandemic?
This question was built using the PICOS method [19]. In this
approach, “P” refers to “Participants” (universities’ students);
“I” stands for “Intervention” (not applicable in our review); “C”
for “Comparisons” (not applicable in our review); “O” for
“Outcomes” (frequencies and associated factors of mental health issues
among African universities’ students during this COVID-19 pandemic
time); and “S” represents “Studies” (observational studies).
This systematic review is reported in accordance with the checklist of
the Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis
protocols (PRISMA) 2020 statement [20].