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Changes in mental health in the German child and adolescent population during the COVID-19 pandemic – Results of a rapid review

BACKGROUND: This rapid review examines changes in the mental health of the German child and adolescent population during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: The basis are 39 publications, which were identified by means of systematic literature search (until 19.11.2021) and manual search. The databases o...

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Autores principales: Schlack, Robert, Neuperdt, Laura, Junker, Stephan, Eicher, Sophie, Hölling, Heike, Thom, Julia, Ravens-Sieberer, Ulrike, Beyer, Ann-Kristin
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Robert Koch Institute 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9936565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36818693
http://dx.doi.org/10.25646/10761
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author Schlack, Robert
Neuperdt, Laura
Junker, Stephan
Eicher, Sophie
Hölling, Heike
Thom, Julia
Ravens-Sieberer, Ulrike
Beyer, Ann-Kristin
author_facet Schlack, Robert
Neuperdt, Laura
Junker, Stephan
Eicher, Sophie
Hölling, Heike
Thom, Julia
Ravens-Sieberer, Ulrike
Beyer, Ann-Kristin
author_sort Schlack, Robert
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description BACKGROUND: This rapid review examines changes in the mental health of the German child and adolescent population during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: The basis are 39 publications, which were identified by means of systematic literature search (until 19.11.2021) and manual search. The databases of the included publications were systematized with regard to their representativeness for the general population, and the indicators used were categorized with regard to the depicted constructs and their reliability. RESULTS: The large majority of the studies took place at the beginning of the pandemic until the summer plateau 2020. Representative studies mainly reported high levels of pandemic-related stress, increases in mental health problems, and negative impacts on the quality of life. Non-representative studies showed mixed results. Vulnerable groups could only be identified to a limited extent. Both routine and care-related data showed declines in the outpatient and inpatient service utilisation during the various waves of the pandemic followed by catch-up effects. Children and adolescents turned out to be more vulnerable during the pandemic compared to adults, but their stress levels varied with the waves of the pandemic and the related containment measures. CONCLUSIONS: A future forward-looking crisis and pandemic management requires a close-knit and continuous surveillance of the mental health of children as well as an improved identification of risk groups.
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spelling pubmed-99365652023-02-18 Changes in mental health in the German child and adolescent population during the COVID-19 pandemic – Results of a rapid review Schlack, Robert Neuperdt, Laura Junker, Stephan Eicher, Sophie Hölling, Heike Thom, Julia Ravens-Sieberer, Ulrike Beyer, Ann-Kristin J Health Monit Focus BACKGROUND: This rapid review examines changes in the mental health of the German child and adolescent population during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: The basis are 39 publications, which were identified by means of systematic literature search (until 19.11.2021) and manual search. The databases of the included publications were systematized with regard to their representativeness for the general population, and the indicators used were categorized with regard to the depicted constructs and their reliability. RESULTS: The large majority of the studies took place at the beginning of the pandemic until the summer plateau 2020. Representative studies mainly reported high levels of pandemic-related stress, increases in mental health problems, and negative impacts on the quality of life. Non-representative studies showed mixed results. Vulnerable groups could only be identified to a limited extent. Both routine and care-related data showed declines in the outpatient and inpatient service utilisation during the various waves of the pandemic followed by catch-up effects. Children and adolescents turned out to be more vulnerable during the pandemic compared to adults, but their stress levels varied with the waves of the pandemic and the related containment measures. CONCLUSIONS: A future forward-looking crisis and pandemic management requires a close-knit and continuous surveillance of the mental health of children as well as an improved identification of risk groups. Robert Koch Institute 2023-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9936565/ /pubmed/36818693 http://dx.doi.org/10.25646/10761 Text en © Robert Koch Institute. All rights reserved unless explicitly granted. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Schlack, Robert
Neuperdt, Laura
Junker, Stephan
Eicher, Sophie
Hölling, Heike
Thom, Julia
Ravens-Sieberer, Ulrike
Beyer, Ann-Kristin
Changes in mental health in the German child and adolescent population during the COVID-19 pandemic – Results of a rapid review
title Changes in mental health in the German child and adolescent population during the COVID-19 pandemic – Results of a rapid review
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title_fullStr Changes in mental health in the German child and adolescent population during the COVID-19 pandemic – Results of a rapid review
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title_short Changes in mental health in the German child and adolescent population during the COVID-19 pandemic – Results of a rapid review
title_sort changes in mental health in the german child and adolescent population during the covid-19 pandemic – results of a rapid review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9936565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36818693
http://dx.doi.org/10.25646/10761
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