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Titel: Child and adolescent mental health in a period of fewer COVID-19-related restrictions in an urban population in Germany
Autor(en): Konopka, Anna
Führer, Amand-GabrielIn der Gemeinsamen Normdatei der DNB nachschlagen
Binder, MaschaIn der Gemeinsamen Normdatei der DNB nachschlagen
Diexer, Sophie
Frese, ThomasIn der Gemeinsamen Normdatei der DNB nachschlagen
Gekle, MichaelIn der Gemeinsamen Normdatei der DNB nachschlagen
Girndt, MatthiasIn der Gemeinsamen Normdatei der DNB nachschlagen
Gottschick, Cornelia
Höll, JessicaIn der Gemeinsamen Normdatei der DNB nachschlagen
Klee, Bianca
Kreilinger, Katharina
Moor, IreneIn der Gemeinsamen Normdatei der DNB nachschlagen
Rosendahl, JonasIn der Gemeinsamen Normdatei der DNB nachschlagen
Sedding, DanielIn der Gemeinsamen Normdatei der DNB nachschlagen
Klusmann, Jan-HenningIn der Gemeinsamen Normdatei der DNB nachschlagen
Mikolajczyk, RafaelIn der Gemeinsamen Normdatei der DNB nachschlagen
Raberger, KatjaIn der Gemeinsamen Normdatei der DNB nachschlagen
Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
Art: Artikel
Sprache: Englisch
Zusammenfassung: The aim of this study was to assess the mental health situation of children and adolescents during a period of less strict COVID-19-pandemic-related measures after the first pandemic wave. This cross-sectional study was conducted in July 2021 by carrying out an online survey among children and adolescents (aged 10–18 years) from Halle (Saale), Germany (n = 233). The questionnaire measured important aspects of mental health among young people, namely health-related quality of life (HRQoL, using the self-report version of the KIDSCREEN-10), mental health problems in general (using the SDQ), depressive symptoms (using the CES-DC), and psychosomatic complaints (using the HBSC symptom checklist). In addition, other important health issues such as sleep behavior and related difficulties, disordered eating, and any positive consequences of the pandemic were addressed. The results were analyzed using descriptive statistics. A total of 223 children participated in the survey. About 69.7% of the participating children and adolescents had a high HRQoL, while 10.5% displayed abnormal results on the SDQ. There were indications of emotional problems in 16.5% of the participants based on the SDQ subscales. Almost 44% of the participants were screened as positive for depressive symptoms on the CES-DC, with girls and older adolescents being more likely to be affected. This also applied for psychosomatic complaints. Here, irritability was experienced at least once a week or more frequently by 58.9% of the children and adolescents. Although we had a small sample size, this study showed a high prevalence of mental health problems regarding the SDQ and HRQoL. However, our study population showed a better mental health than comparable studies conducted earlier in the pandemic. Depressive symptoms were still substantially higher than those in pre-pandemic data. We hypothesize that this might reflect the fact that there were a few COVID-19-related restrictions at the time when our survey took place. Based on these findings, we assume that the mental health of children and adolescents differed between different phases in the pandemic.
URI: https://opendata.uni-halle.de//handle/1981185920/119269
http://dx.doi.org/10.25673/117310
Open-Access: Open-Access-Publikation
Nutzungslizenz: (CC BY 4.0) Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0 International(CC BY 4.0) Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0 International
Journal Titel: Psychiatry international
Verlag: MDPI
Verlagsort: Basel
Band: 5
Heft: 4
Originalveröffentlichung: 10.3390/psychiatryint5040050
Seitenanfang: 718
Seitenende: 737
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