Anika Kästner

Biographic Data

ID7766645
NAMEAnika Kästner
GIVEN NAMESAnika
FAMILY NAMEKästner
SIGNATUREKÄSTNER A
AFFILIATIONSUniversitätsmedizin Greifswald
ORCID0000-0002-1625-4836
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX0

  • Covid-19 government measures and their impact on mental health

    Open AccessFelix Wittmann, Felix G Wittmann et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Background With the outbreak of COVID-19, government measures including social distancing and restrictions of social contacts were imposed to slow the spread of the virus. Since older adults are at increased risk of severe disease, they were particularly affected by these restrictions. These may negatively affect mental health by loneliness and social isolation, which constitute risk factors for depressiveness. We aimed to analyse the impact of p…

  • Cohort Profile

    Open AccessVanessa Sophie Ernst, Marco Franze et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    This dynamic cohort was established to evaluate the targeted individual promotion of children affected by developmental risks as part of the German federal state law for child day-care and preschools in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The project has been conducted in preschools in regions with a low socio-economic profile since 2011. Since 2017, the revision of the standardized Dortmund Developmental Screening for Preschools (DESK 3-6 R) has been…

  • Covid-19-related future anxiety is associated with the health-related quality of life in school-aged children and adolescents—A cross-sectional study

    Open AccessAnika Kästner, Petra Lücker et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    Background Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, previous studies have shown that the physical as well as the mental health of children and adolescents significantly deteriorated. Future anxiety caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and its associations with quality of life has not previously been examined in school children. Methods As part of a cross-sectional web-based survey at schools in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, two years after …

  • Stress, Coping and Considerations of Leaving the Profession—A Cross-Sectional Online Survey of Teachers and School Principals after Two Years of the Pandemic

    Open AccessPetra Lücker, Anika Kästner et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    Teaching is amongst the six professions with the highest stress levels and lowest job satisfaction, leading to a high turnover rate and teacher shortages. During the pandemic, teachers and school principals were confronted with new regulations and teaching methods. This study aims to examine post-pandemic stress levels, as well as resilience factors to proactively cope with stress and thoughts of leaving the profession among teachers and school p…

  • Impact of Changes in Infection Control Measures on the Dynamics of Covid-19 Infections in Schools and Pre-schools

    Open AccessMartina Sombetzki, Petra Lücker et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021

    Introduction: With the increased emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants, the impact on schools and preschools remains a matter of debate. To ensure that schools and preschools are kept open safely, the identification of factors influencing the extent of outbreaks is of importance. Aim: To monitor dynamics of COVID-19 infections in schools and preschools and identify factors influencing the extent of outbreaks. Methods: In this prospective observational…