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Psychosocial Wellbeing of Schoolchildren during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Berlin, Germany, June 2020 to March 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions have affected the wellbeing of schoolchildren worldwide, but the extent and duration of specific problems are still not completely understood. We aimed to describe students’ psychosocial and behavioral parameters and associated factors during the COVID-...

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Autores principales: Theuring, Stefanie, van Loon, Welmoed, Hommes, Franziska, Bethke, Norma, Mall, Marcus A., Kurth, Tobias, Seybold, Joachim, Mockenhaupt, Frank P.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9407732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36011738
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610103
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author Theuring, Stefanie
van Loon, Welmoed
Hommes, Franziska
Bethke, Norma
Mall, Marcus A.
Kurth, Tobias
Seybold, Joachim
Mockenhaupt, Frank P.
author_facet Theuring, Stefanie
van Loon, Welmoed
Hommes, Franziska
Bethke, Norma
Mall, Marcus A.
Kurth, Tobias
Seybold, Joachim
Mockenhaupt, Frank P.
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description The COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions have affected the wellbeing of schoolchildren worldwide, but the extent and duration of specific problems are still not completely understood. We aimed to describe students’ psychosocial and behavioral parameters and associated factors during the COVID-19 pandemic in Berlin, Germany. Our longitudinal study included 384 students from 24 randomly selected Berlin primary and secondary schools, assessing psychosocial wellbeing at four time points between June 2020 and March 2021. We analyzed temporal changes in the proportions of anxiety, fear of infection, reduced health-related quality of life (HRQoL), physical activity and social contacts, as well as sociodemographic and economic factors associated with anxiety, fear of infection and HRQoL. During the observation period, the presence of anxiety symptoms increased from 26.2% (96/367) to 34.6% (62/179), and fear of infection from 28.6% (108/377) to 40.6% (73/180). The proportion of children with limited social contacts (<1/week) increased from 16.4% (61/373) to 23.5% (42/179). Low physical activity (<3 times sports/week) was consistent over time. Low HRQoL was observed among 44% (77/174) of children. Factors associated with anxiety were female sex, increasing age, secondary school attendance, lower household income, and the presence of adults with anxiety symptoms in the student´s household. Fear of infection and low HRQoL were associated with anxiety. A substantial proportion of schoolchildren experienced unfavorable psychosocial conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020/2021. Students from households with limited social and financial resilience require special attention.
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spelling pubmed-94077322022-08-26 Psychosocial Wellbeing of Schoolchildren during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Berlin, Germany, June 2020 to March 2021 Theuring, Stefanie van Loon, Welmoed Hommes, Franziska Bethke, Norma Mall, Marcus A. Kurth, Tobias Seybold, Joachim Mockenhaupt, Frank P. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions have affected the wellbeing of schoolchildren worldwide, but the extent and duration of specific problems are still not completely understood. We aimed to describe students’ psychosocial and behavioral parameters and associated factors during the COVID-19 pandemic in Berlin, Germany. Our longitudinal study included 384 students from 24 randomly selected Berlin primary and secondary schools, assessing psychosocial wellbeing at four time points between June 2020 and March 2021. We analyzed temporal changes in the proportions of anxiety, fear of infection, reduced health-related quality of life (HRQoL), physical activity and social contacts, as well as sociodemographic and economic factors associated with anxiety, fear of infection and HRQoL. During the observation period, the presence of anxiety symptoms increased from 26.2% (96/367) to 34.6% (62/179), and fear of infection from 28.6% (108/377) to 40.6% (73/180). The proportion of children with limited social contacts (<1/week) increased from 16.4% (61/373) to 23.5% (42/179). Low physical activity (<3 times sports/week) was consistent over time. Low HRQoL was observed among 44% (77/174) of children. Factors associated with anxiety were female sex, increasing age, secondary school attendance, lower household income, and the presence of adults with anxiety symptoms in the student´s household. Fear of infection and low HRQoL were associated with anxiety. A substantial proportion of schoolchildren experienced unfavorable psychosocial conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020/2021. Students from households with limited social and financial resilience require special attention. MDPI 2022-08-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9407732/ /pubmed/36011738 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610103 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Theuring, Stefanie
van Loon, Welmoed
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Bethke, Norma
Mall, Marcus A.
Kurth, Tobias
Seybold, Joachim
Mockenhaupt, Frank P.
Psychosocial Wellbeing of Schoolchildren during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Berlin, Germany, June 2020 to March 2021
title Psychosocial Wellbeing of Schoolchildren during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Berlin, Germany, June 2020 to March 2021
title_full Psychosocial Wellbeing of Schoolchildren during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Berlin, Germany, June 2020 to March 2021
title_fullStr Psychosocial Wellbeing of Schoolchildren during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Berlin, Germany, June 2020 to March 2021
title_full_unstemmed Psychosocial Wellbeing of Schoolchildren during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Berlin, Germany, June 2020 to March 2021
title_short Psychosocial Wellbeing of Schoolchildren during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Berlin, Germany, June 2020 to March 2021
title_sort psychosocial wellbeing of schoolchildren during the covid-19 pandemic in berlin, germany, june 2020 to march 2021
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9407732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36011738
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610103
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