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1. Three years into the pandemic: results of the longitudinal German COPSY study on youth mental health and health-related quality of life

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Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer, Janine Devine, Ann-Kathrin Napp, Anne Kaman, Lynn Saftig, Martha Gilbert, Franziska Reiß, Constanze Löffler, Anja Miriam Simon, Klaus Hurrelmann, Sabine Walper, Robert Schlack, Heike Hölling, Lothar Heinz Wieler, and Michael Erhart

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mental health, children and adolescents, longitudinal, COVID-19, pandemic, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270
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PurposeFor the past three years, the German longitudinal COPSY (COVID-19 and PSYchological Health) study has monitored changes in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and the mental health of children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic.MethodsA nationwide, population-based survey was conducted in May–June 2020 (W1), December 2020–January 2021 (W2), September–October 2021 (W3), February 2022 (W4), and September–October 2022 (W5). In total, n = 2,471 children and adolescents aged 7–17 years (n = 1,673 aged 11–17 years with self-reports) were assessed using internationally established and validated measures of HRQoL (KIDSCREEN-10), mental health problems (SDQ), anxiety (SCARED), depressive symptoms (CES-DC, PHQ-2), psychosomatic complaints (HBSC-SCL), and fear about the future (DFS-K). Findings were compared to prepandemic population-based data.ResultsWhile the prevalence of low HRQoL increased from 15% prepandemic to 48% at W2, it improved to 27% at W5. Similarly, overall mental health problems rose from 18% prepandemic to W1 through W2 (30–31%), and since then slowly declined (W3: 27%, W4: 29%, W5: 23%). Anxiety doubled from 15% prepandemic to 30% in W2 and declined to 25% (W5) since then. Depressive symptoms increased from 15%/10% (CES-DC/PHQ-2) prepandemic to 24%/15% in W2, and slowly decreased to 14%/9% in W5. Psychosomatic complaints are across all waves still on the rise. 32–44% of the youth expressed fears related to other current crises.ConclusionMental health of the youth improved in year 3 of the pandemic, but is still lower than before the pandemic.

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2023
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2. Quality of life and mental health in children and adolescents during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: results of a two-wave nationwide population-based study

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Janine Devine, Michael Erhart, Heike Hölling, Christiane Otto, Nico A Siegel, Klaus Hurrelmann, Anja M Simon, Robert Schlack, Anne Kaman, Constanze Löffler, Monika Bullinger, Lothar Wieler, Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer, and Claus Barkmann

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Parents, Health Behavior, Kind, Anxiety, epidemic, regression analysis, ddc:150, Entwicklungspsychologie, well-being, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Child and adolescent psychiatry, Psychology, Child, Lebensqualität, education.field_of_study, child, Depression, Jugendlicher, General Medicine, Original Contribution, anxiety, Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Psychiatry and Mental health, Mental Health, medicine.symptom, mental health, Quality of life, medicine.medical_specialty, Children and adolescents, Population, Angst, Wohlbefinden, Federal Republic of Germany, Epidemie, Social support, Global mental health, Quality of life (healthcare), COVID-19, Mental health, 2018 Microcensus, COPSY study, psychische Gesundheit, medicine, Research Letter, Humans, education, Psychiatry, Pandemics, psychological stress, business.industry, Health promotion, Regressionsanalyse, Psychologie, quality of life, adolescent, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Developmental Psychology, business, psychische Belastung
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Background The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the lives of children and adolescents worldwide. The German COPSY study is among the first population-based longitudinal studies to examine the mental health impact of the pandemic. The objective of the study was to assess changes in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and mental health in children and adolescents and to identify the associated risk and resource factors during the pandemic. Methods A nationwide longitudinal survey was conducted with two waves during the pandemic (May/June 2020 and December 2020/January 2021). In total, n = 1923 children and adolescents aged 7 to 17 years and their parents participated (retention rate from wave 1 to wave 2: 85%). The self-report and parent-proxy surveys assessed HRQoL (KIDSCREEN-10), mental health problems (SDQ with the subscales emotional problems, conduct problems, hyperactivity, and peer problems), anxiety (SCARED), depressive symptoms (CES-DC, PHQ-2) and psychosomatic complaints (HBSC-SCL). Mixed model panel regression analyses were conducted to examine longitudinal changes in mental health and to identify risk and resource factors. Results The HRQoL of children and adolescents decreased during the pandemic, and emotional problems, peer-related mental health problems, anxiety, depressive and psychosomatic symptoms increased over time, however the change in global mental health problems from wave 1 to wave 2 was not significant, and some changes were negligible. Socially disadvantaged children and children of mentally burdened parents were at particular risk of impaired mental health, while female gender and older age were associated with fewer mental health problems. A positive family climate and social support supported the mental health of children and adolescents during the pandemic. Discussion Health promotion, prevention and intervention strategies could support children and adolescents in coping with the pandemic and protect and maintain their mental health.

Published
2021

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