**Appendix A**

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**Box A1.** Detailed search strategy (executed 27 July 2020) for the identfication of records discussing the psychological impact of COVID-19 among college students

Database: Ovid MEDLINE(R) and Epub Ahead of Print, In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations and Daily <1946 to 27 July 2020> Search Strategy:

1 (2019nCoV or 2019-nCoV or coronavirus or coronavirinae or (corona adj3 (virinae or virus)) or "Corona virinae19" or "Corona virinae2019" or "corona virus19" or "corona virus2019" or Coronavirinae19 or Coronavirinae2019 or coronavirus19 or coronavirus2019 or covid19 or COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2 or "Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona virus 2" or "Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2").ti,ab,kw. [covid-19 keywords] (46270)

2 coronavirus/ or Coronavirus Infections/ [covid-19 MeSH] (19104)

3 or/1-2 [covid-19 set] (48733)

4 mental health/ or mental fatigue/ or Affective Symptoms/ or psychological distress/ [Mental health MeSH] (53257)

5 (emotional disturbanc\* or affective symptom\* or Alexithymia\* or ((mental or psychological) adj3 (fatigue or health or status or distress or well-being)) or psychosocial).ti,ab,kw. [mental health keywords] (283768)

6 or/4-5 [mental health set] (305532)

7 Stress, Psychological/ or occupational stress/ or compassion fatigue/ or burnout, psychological/ or burnout, professional/ [stress MeSH] (131108)

8 (stress\* or "adaptation syndrome" or (caregiver adj4 (burden or fatigue)) or "compassion fatigue" or "reality shock" or "social defeat").ti,ab,kw. [stress keywords] (842732)

9 or/7-8 [stress set] (897231)

10 Depression/ or anhedonia/ [depression MeSH] (119688)

11 (depression or depressed or anhedonia or dysphoria or dysthymia or melancholia or sadness).ti,ab,kw. [depression keywords] (404119)


14 (anxiety or Catastrophiz\* or hypervigilan\* or nervousness).ti,ab,kw. [anxiety keywords] (195877)

15 or/13-14 [anxiety set] (218337)

16 "Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders"/ [insomnia MeSH] (13134)

17 (drowsiness or dyssomnia\* or hypersomnia\* or insomnia\* or parasomnia\* or sleepless\* or sleepwalk\* or somnambul\* or somnolen\* or sopor or (sleep adj5 (disorder\* or disturbance\* or fragmented or debt or depriv\* or walk\*))).ti,ab,kw. [insomnia keywords] (77668)

18 or/16-17 [insomnia set] (80743)



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> **Table A1.**

Methodological

 quality assessment

 of included studies using the National Institutes of Health (NIH) tool.

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**Table A1.** *Cont.*

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**Table A2.** *Cont.*


**Table A2.** *Cont.*
