Prevalence of mental health problems among children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Ma, Lu; Mazidi, Mohsen; Ke, Li; Li, Yixuan; Chen, Shiqi; Kirwan, Richard; Zhou, Haixia; Yan, Na; Rahman, Atıf; Wang, Weidong; Wang, Youfa

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2021.06.021

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“…Recent studies have shown that the frequency of exposure to social media was positively associated with acute stress symptoms and anxiety during COVID-19 ( 44 ). For example, Ma et al found that students exposed to COVID-19 media for ≥3 h per day were 2.13 times more likely to have acute stress symptoms than those exposed to media for <1 h per day ( 59 ). Ni et al reported that subjects exposed to COVID-19 media for ≥4 hours per day had significantly higher levels of anxiety than those who used it for ≤2 hours ( 44 ).…”

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Comparison of Prevalence and Risk Factors of PTSS Between Chinese Patients With Depression and Non-depressed Controls During COVID-19 Outbreak

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Background: COVID-19 pandemic is a traumatic event all over the world, and may lead to post-traumatic stress symptom (PTSS) in different population who are under the threat of novel corona virus. Therefore, the aim of our study was to compare the prevalence and risk factors of PTSS between Chinese patients with depression and non-depressed controls during the COVID-19 outbreak.Methods: 437 depressed patients and 2,940 non-depressed controls were enrolled in this cross-sectional study between February 14 and May 9, 2020.The Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R), Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS), Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were used to evaluate the psychological status of all the participants.Results: The prevalence of PTSS (IES-R ≥ 33) in depressed patients (45.08%) was higher than that in non-depressed controls (5.31%). Patients with depression were 16 times more likely to suffer from PTSS than those without depression. Correlation analyses showed that the IES-R total score was positively correlated with SDS, SAS, and PSQI scores in both depressed and non-depressed groups (Bonferroni corrected all p < 0.001). Multiple linear regression analysis showed that SAS score, and PSQI score were independently associated with IES-R total score in both depression and non-depression groups. In depressed patients, education level and duration of media exposure to COVID-19 were positively associated with PTSS, while in the non-depressed group, subjects who were married, in the 31–50 year group or with higher SDS score were more likely to develop PTSS.Conclusions: These results indicate that the prevalence rate of PTSS in patients with depression is very higher than that in subjects without depression. PTSS are associated with a number of socio-demographic and clinical variables.

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Comparison of Prevalence and Risk Factors of PTSS Between Chinese Patients With Depression and Non-depressed Controls During COVID-19 Outbreak

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“…With respect to young people, overall findings show considerable increases in depression, anxiety, stress, inattention-hyperactivity, conduct problems, sleep disorders, and, for some, posttraumatic stress disorder in the first year or so of the pandemic ( Berger, Jamshidi, Reupert, Jobson, & Miko, 2021 , Fosco et al, 2021 , Ma et al, 2021 , Waite et al, 2021 ). Yet a raft of mixed findings from research within the United Kingdom led researchers to conclude that “(D)espite lurid headlines suggesting a Tsunami of mental health conditions amongst children and young people unleashed by the pandemic…” ….…”

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The ecology of youth psychological wellbeing in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Salmon¹

2021

Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition

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The consequences of profound disruption to everyday life caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will only emerge over time. Guided by ecological systems (Pitchik et al., 2021) and developmental psychopathology (Masten & Cicchetti, 2010) frameworks, I review evidence that points to parents at home with children as particularly vulnerable to increased psychological difficulties, particularly in contexts of poverty. Resultant compromised parenting may reduce children’s opportunities for the kinds of everyday interactions that promote cognitive and socioemotional development and expose them to increases in coercive, avoidant, and other problematic caregiving behaviours. I discuss three evidence-based strategies that parents could adopt to buffer their child’s mental health: building positive discipline strategies, talking with the child about the pandemic and its consequences, and conversing about the past. I conclude, however, that approaches to supporting parents and their children at this time must also address multisystem factors that compromise caregivers’ ability to provide nurturing care.

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“…Although some positive disease containment measures have been implemented by governments to protect their physical and mental health, they are still concerned about becoming infected with COVID-19. This causes a series of mental health-related issues, such as anxiety, depression, sleep disorders, and posttraumatic stress symptoms ( L. Ma et al, 2021 ). Therefore, it is essential to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on adolescents' mental health as well as its protective factors that are not fully understood.…”

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Dispositional mindfulness mediates the relationship between conscientiousness and mental health-related issues in adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Zhang

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Personality and Individual Differences

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The COVID-19 pandemic is seriously affecting the mental health of adolescents and triggering a series of mental health-related issues. The present study investigates the relationships between conscientiousness, dispositional mindfulness (DM), and adolescents' mental health-related issues including anxiety, depression, and perceived stress during this time. In this study, after obtaining informed consent from participants' parents, 5994 Chinese adolescents voluntarily and anonymously completed an online survey. Conscientiousness was found to be negatively associated with anxiety, depression, and perceived stress. It was found to be positively associated with DM, which, in turn, negatively predicts anxiety, depression, and perceived stress. Conscientiousness is thus related to mental health-related issues, and this relationship is mediated by DM. This mediation effect is stronger in females than in males. These findings provide new and strong evidence for the protective role of conscientiousness and DM in adolescents' mental health-related issues during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Prevalence of mental health problems among children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Cited by 289 publications

References 48 publications

Comparison of Prevalence and Risk Factors of PTSS Between Chinese Patients With Depression and Non-depressed Controls During COVID-19 Outbreak

Comparison of Prevalence and Risk Factors of PTSS Between Chinese Patients With Depression and Non-depressed Controls During COVID-19 Outbreak

The ecology of youth psychological wellbeing in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dispositional mindfulness mediates the relationship between conscientiousness and mental health-related issues in adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic

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