2022
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1748807
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Technologies and Mental Health in University Students: An Unhealthy Combination

Abstract: Introduction The exposure of medical students to a full-time schedule that includes classes, extracurricular activities, patients' lives responsibility, and great competition between classmates can interfere in emotional issues and in the sleep time. Objective The aim of the present study was to evaluate the sleep quality, and the incidence of anxiety and depression in medical school undergraduates as well as the relationship of these parameters with the intense use of technologies. Methods… Show more

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“…Interestingly, this was consistent with the Mental Health dimension of the AQoL-8D, since a near significant interaction effect was observed in participants who consumed walnuts, which showed walnuts prevented a decline in mental health during the university examination period. Many studies have highlighted the growing problem of poor mental health in undergraduate students and a recent World Health Organisation Mental Health Survey found at least 75% of mental health disorders occur prior to 24 years of age [2][3][4]. Furthermore, a recent meta-analysis has also suggested that sleep is causally related to challenges in mental health with improvements in sleep reducing depression, anxiety and stress [43].…”
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“…Interestingly, this was consistent with the Mental Health dimension of the AQoL-8D, since a near significant interaction effect was observed in participants who consumed walnuts, which showed walnuts prevented a decline in mental health during the university examination period. Many studies have highlighted the growing problem of poor mental health in undergraduate students and a recent World Health Organisation Mental Health Survey found at least 75% of mental health disorders occur prior to 24 years of age [2][3][4]. Furthermore, a recent meta-analysis has also suggested that sleep is causally related to challenges in mental health with improvements in sleep reducing depression, anxiety and stress [43].…”
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confidence: 99%
“…It can also contribute to certain metabolic disorders such as diabetes [1]. Many studies have highlighted the growing problem of poor mental health in undergraduate students as a result of the chronic nature of academic stress and a recent World Health Organisation Mental Health Survey found at least 75% of mental health disorders occur prior to 24 years of age, making undergraduate students particularly vulnerable to depression [2][3][4][5]. The association between chronic stress and depression may be due to the overuse or dysregulation of the stress response systems, namely the hypothalamicpituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and sympatho-adrenomedullary system [6][7][8].…”
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“… 2 Lack of consistent access to nature may ultimately lead to significant declines in the mental and physical health of the general population. Compounding these conditions is the overuse of technology 7 (e.g., technology use at bedtime impacting sleep) which has been further impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic leading to increased internet addition 8 and video game consumption over in-vivo play. 9 All of this is exacerbated by social media’s negative effects on society and healthy development, 10 quickly becoming a recipe for a human health and well-being disaster.…”
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