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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ID22069737
AutoresUlrike Ravens-Sieberer (0000-0002-2031-095X, Universität Hamburg, autor de correspondencia), Janine Devine (Universität Hamburg), Ann-Kathrin Napp (0000-0001-6449-3332, Universität Hamburg), Anne Kaman (0000-0001-7498-6229, Universität Hamburg), Lynn Saftig (Universität Hamburg), Martha Gilbert (Universität Hamburg), Franziska Reiß (0000-0002-7510-925X, Universität Hamburg), Constanze Löffler (Universität Hamburg), Anja Miriam Simon, Klaus Hurrelmann (0000-0001-5616-7983, Hertie School), Sabine Walper (0000-0002-6212-5242, Deutsches Jugendinstitut), Robert Schlack (0000-0002-3340-0452, Robert Koch Institute), Heike Hölling (0000-0001-5045-712X, Robert Koch Institute), Lothar H Wieler (0000-0003-4365-3717, Hasso Plattner Institute), Michael Erhart (Universität Hamburg)
Año2023
Volumen11
Páginas1129073-1129073
Fecha de publicación2023-06-15
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
EditorialFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2023.1129073
PMID37397777
OpenAlexW4380681100
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas21
Referencias citadas57

Purpose For the past three years, the German longitudinal COPSY ( CO VID-19 and PSY chological 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. Methods A 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. Results While 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. Conclusion Mental health of the youth improved in year 3 of the pandemic, but is still lower than before the pandemic

Anxiety · Depressive symptoms · Disease · Environmental health · German · Longitudinal study · Mental health · Pandemic · Pathology · Patient Health Questionnaire · Population · Psychiatry · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Demography · Medicine · Internal Medicine