Background/Aim: Children and adolescents are the sensitive groups for the
development of mental disorders during the crisis. The aim of this
systematic review is to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic regarding
anxiety and depressive symptomatology in this population. Method:
Investigation is based on a Systematic Review followed by PRISMA protocol
including Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, Global Health and APA Psyc Info data bases
to identify relevant studies reporting anxiety and depressive symptoms among
children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. 27 articles were
included. Results: Anxiety symptoms increased from 28.3% before the pandemic
to 49.5% during confinement (GAD-7 ? 11) (McNemar test p <0.0001). More
depression symptomatology was found as well; weight and sleep changes are
disturbances in children and adolescents? mental health. Additionally,
female teenagers were experiencing grater declines in mood disorders than
male teenagers during the COVID-19 crisis. On one hand, different positive
correlations between anxiety and other variables, were found, such as
clinical depressive symptoms and anxiety (3/14), smartphone and internet
addiction (2/14), lower levels of family income (2/14), perceived threats
(2/14), higher grades at school (2/14), loneliness (1/14). On the other
hand, positive correlations were reported between depression and children
and adolescents that were socially disconnected (3/17). Finally, mothers
with higher levels of education and income were associated with more
happiness (2/17). Conclusions: COVID-19 has a strong impact in children?s
and adolescents? mental health regarding depression and anxiety symptoms.
Prevention programs focused on coping strategies should also be considered
to be delivered in elementary schools, middle schools and high schools.
Mental health should become a priority matter for governments and the
current pandemic could be an opportunity to highlight the importance of
mental well-being and to invest in the betterment of clinical trainings,
treatments and mental health research.
The results indicate that research participants found it more difficult to maintain their social activities than their everyday activities. This clearly indicates the necessity to develop and implement special advisory and educational programs aimed at preventing social exclusion and to strengthen and support personal resources in the area of the social roles of women with breast cancer.
Background: As a part of educational team within the European Educational Program (EEP), senior nurse should give clear and understandable information to the patients about the functioning of the human body, tissues and cells and increase their knowledge about the cancer. Senior nurse also has to get them acquainted with the medical terminology. The aim of this research was to assess how participants was satisfied with the information they had been given either orally, or in written form within the first session of the EEP. Methodology: Thirty-seven patients and their family members were entered in this research. They were divided in two groups, which were investigated separately, on December 2002, and on May 2003 at the Department for Educational Activities. For the purpose of this investigation an anonymous questionnaire and the original evaluation list from the EEP as an assessment instrument, were used. Results: Seventy percent of the participants assessed the first session as very good, while the remaining 30% scored the session as excellent. All participants understand information they had been given and 97% of them claimed they had learned something they had not used to know. As far as printed material was concerned, 73% of the participants evaluated this material as being very good, and 24% of all included persons as being excellent. Conclusion: Our results confirmed that the first session "Human body and cancer" of EEP Learning to live with cancer meet the patients' and their family members' expectation concerning getting clear information on this subject
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