- Title
- Health behavior interventions for university students measuring mental health outcomes: A scoping review
- Creator
- Hutchesson, Melinda J.; Whatnall, Megan C.; Yazin, Nazish; Fenton, Sasha; Duncan, Mitch J.; Kay-Lambkin, Frances J.; Burrows, Tracy L.
- Relation
- Frontiers in Public Health Vol. 10, Issue 7 December 2022, no. 1063429
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1063429
- Publisher
- Frontiers Research Foundation
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2022
- Description
- Introduction: Many university students have poor mental health, and co-occurring health risk behaviors. Targeting health behavior change in this population may improve mental health outcomes. This scoping review describes the extent and range of randomized controlled trials (RCT) evaluating interventions targeting health risk behaviors and measuring a mental health outcome, among university students. Methods: Six electronic databases were searched for RCTs published until the 18th May 2021. Eligible RCTs included university students, evaluated interventions that promoted health behavior change (i.e., dietary intake, physical activity, sedentary behavior, alcohol and drug use, smoking, and sleep), and measured a mental health-related outcome. Results: Fifty-nine RCTs met the inclusion criteria that were published from 2000 to 2021, and over half (n = 33) were conducted in the United States. Interventions evaluated within the RCTs (n = 92) predominantly targeted changes to dietary intake (n = 41 interventions), physical activity (n = 39), or alcohol intake (n = 35). Most interventions targeted one (n = 51) or two (n = 27) health behaviors only. Included RCTs considered mental ill health outcomes (n = 24), psychological wellbeing outcomes (n = 20), or both (n = 15). Discussion: This scoping review identified a moderate volume of experimental research investigating the impact of health behavior interventions on university students' mental health. There is scope for further research examining health behavior interventions targeting university students, particularly interventions taking a multi-behavioral approach.
- Subject
- university student (MeSH); health behavior (MeSH); scoping review; mental health; intervention
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1482054
- Identifier
- uon:50845
- Identifier
- ISSN:2296-2565
- Rights
- © 2022 Hutchesson, Whatnall, Yazin, Fenton, Duncan, Kay-Lambkin and Burrows. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
- Language
- eng
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