Frontiers in Psychiatry,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
11
Published: Dec. 21, 2020
Recent
reports
suggest
that
the
COVID-19
lockdown
resulted
in
changes
mental
health,
however,
potential
age-related
and
risk
factors
remain
unknown.
We
measured
lockdown-induced
stress
levels
severity
of
depressive
symptoms
prior
to
during
different
age
groups
then
searched
for
a
well-characterized
general
population-based
sample.
A
total
715
participants
were
tested
distress
related
at
two
time-points,
baseline
testing
follow-up
COVID-19,
using
battery
validated
psychological
tests
including
Perceived
Stress
Scale
Patient
Health
Questionnaire.
Longitudinal
measurements
revealed
prevalence
moderate
high
increased
1.4-
5.5-fold,
respectively,
lockdown.
This
surge
was
more
severe
women,
but
present
all
with
older
group
exhibiting,
cross-sectionally,
lowest
Illness
perception,
personality
characteristics
such
as
feeling
loneliness,
several
lifestyle
components
found
be
associated
significant
increase
distress.
The
observed
health
identified
underlying
these
provide
critical
data
justifying
timely
public
emergency-tailored
preventive,
diagnostic,
therapeutic
interventions,
which
should
integrated
into
future
policies
globally.
Frontiers in Pediatrics,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
10
Published: Feb. 10, 2022
Several
studies
have
described
widening
inequalities
as
a
result
of
the
COVID-19
pandemic,
mostly
for
adult
populations.
Children
and
adolescents
are
particularly
impacted
by
indirect
effects
pandemic
lockdown
measures,
such
reduced
access
to
or
delays
in
health
care
school
closures.
National
surveys
several
countries
also
show
rising
mental
burden
children
during
pandemic.
with
special
needs
vulnerable
group
this
context
they
rely
on
wide
range
services,
which
were
suspended
first
wave
This
study
aims:
(1)
describe
outcomes
without
healthcare
their
caregivers
following
national
Germany;
(2)
investigate
variations
measures
according
socioeconomic
status;
(3)
assess
impact
status,
disease
complexity
psychosocial
parent-reported
child
problems.We
conducted
an
online
survey
among
1,619
aged
1-18
years
from
August
11th
until
October
5th
2020.
Participants
recruited
both
families
healthy
children.
Inequalities
analysed
descriptive
statistics,
simple
hierarchical
logistic
regression
modelling
explore
association
between
status
psychological
outcome
general
related
COVID-19.There
was
high
prevalence
57.4%
problems
positive
screening
score
depression
30.9%
parents.
Parent-reported
more
likely
affect
low
complex
chronic
those
whose
parents
screened
depression.This
highlights
large
sample
German
needs.
Political
should
put
at
centre
aim
mitigate
unequal
Frontiers in Psychiatry,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
11
Published: Dec. 21, 2020
Recent
reports
suggest
that
the
COVID-19
lockdown
resulted
in
changes
mental
health,
however,
potential
age-related
and
risk
factors
remain
unknown.
We
measured
lockdown-induced
stress
levels
severity
of
depressive
symptoms
prior
to
during
different
age
groups
then
searched
for
a
well-characterized
general
population-based
sample.
A
total
715
participants
were
tested
distress
related
at
two
time-points,
baseline
testing
follow-up
COVID-19,
using
battery
validated
psychological
tests
including
Perceived
Stress
Scale
Patient
Health
Questionnaire.
Longitudinal
measurements
revealed
prevalence
moderate
high
increased
1.4-
5.5-fold,
respectively,
lockdown.
This
surge
was
more
severe
women,
but
present
all
with
older
group
exhibiting,
cross-sectionally,
lowest
Illness
perception,
personality
characteristics
such
as
feeling
loneliness,
several
lifestyle
components
found
be
associated
significant
increase
distress.
The
observed
health
identified
underlying
these
provide
critical
data
justifying
timely
public
emergency-tailored
preventive,
diagnostic,
therapeutic
interventions,
which
should
integrated
into
future
policies
globally.
