• Javier Santabárbara, Beatriz Olaya, Juan Bueno-Notivol, María Pérez-Moreno, Patricia Gracia-García, Naiara Ozamiz-Etxebarria, and Nahia Idoiaga-Mondragon.
• Department of Microbiology, Pediatrics, Radiology and Public Health, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
• Rev Med Chil. 2021 Nov 1; 149 (11): 1579-1588.

BackgroundMedical students frequently have depressive symptoms. Thus, the psychological impact of COVID-19 on them should be high.AimTo conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis on the prevalence of depression in medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic.Material And MethodsMEDLINE via PubMed, Embase and Web of Science were searched for studies reporting the prevalence of depression in medical students, published from December 1, 2019 to December 27, 2020.ResultsEleven studies were included, most of them from Asia. The estimated overall prevalence of depression in medical students was 31% (95% CI: 23%-40%), with lower prevalence rates reported in studies from Asia in general, and China in particular.ConclusionsOur findings indicate that the proportion of medical students with depression during the pandemic was high, and comparable with that reported in other university students.

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