Mental Health Survey of Nigerian Optometry Students, 2024

474 survey responses from optometry students at 10 Nigerian universities collected between April and November 2024. The data includes demographic characteristics and DASS-21 scores for anxiety, depression, and stress. The dataset was authored by Michael Agyemang Kwarteng and published on figshare.

Use Cases

• Analyze prevalence of anxiety, depression, and stress symptoms based on DASS-21 scores
• Identify demographic factors associated with mental distress based on age, gender, and year of study
• Assess the co-occurrence of mental health conditions based on reported symptom combinations
• Compare mental health outcomes between female and male students based on logistic regression odds ratios

Strengths

• Contains 474 survey responses with a mean age of 23 ± 3 years
• Provides specific prevalence percentages: 51.1% experienced depressive symptoms, 36.5% reported severe anxiety
• Includes demographic variables (age, gender, year of study, marital status) and validated DASS-21 scores

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a survey of Nigerian universities

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Cross-sectional, web-based survey administered to optometry students

Time Range

April 16, 2024 to November 18, 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-26 17:28:47; freshness should be verified

Geography

Nigeria (10 universities)