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].