Page 1/20 Mental health outcomes and socio-demographics as determinants of students' academic performance and smartphone addiction at the University of Cape Coast Jerry Paul Ninnoni University of Cape Coast Ignatius Ijere (  inijere@syr.edu ) Syracuse University David O. Iloma Topfaith University Isaac Armah-Mensah University of Cape Coast Isaac Tetteh Commey University of Cape Coast Sampson Opoku Agyemang University of Cape Coast Frederick Nsatimba University of Cape Coast Elliot Kojo Attipoe University of Cape Coast Research Article Keywords: academic performance; smartphone addiction; depression, anxiety, stress, Ghana Posted Date: February 13th, 2024 DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3915722/v1 License:   This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Read Full License Additional Declarations: No competing interests reported.