• Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz · Dec 2021

    [Mental health and psychological burden of children and adolescents during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic-results of the COPSY study].

    • Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer, Anne Kaman, Christiane Otto, Adekunle Adedeji, Ann-Kathrin Napp, Marcia Becker, Ulrike Blanck-Stellmacher, Constanze Löffler, Robert Schlack, Heike Hölling, Janine Devine, Michael Erhart, and Klaus Hurrelmann.
    • Zentrum für Psychosoziale Medizin, Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, -psychotherapie und -psychosomatik, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246, Hamburg, Deutschland. ravens-sieberer@uke.de.
    • Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz. 2021 Dec 1; 64 (12): 1512-1521.

    BackgroundThe drastic changes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have a negative impact on the psychological wellbeing of children and adolescents.ObjectivesCOPSY is the first national, representative German study to examine mental health and quality of life of children and adolescents during the pandemic. Results are compared with data of the representative longitudinal BELLA study conducted before the pandemic.Materials And MethodsInternationally established instruments for measuring health-related quality of life and mental health (including anxiety and depressive symptoms) were administered to n = 1586 parents with 7‑ to 17-year-old children and adolescents, of whom n = 1040 11- to 17-year-olds also provided self-reports, from 26 May to 10 June 2020. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and bivariate tests.ResultsSeventy-one percent of the children and adolescents and 75% of the parents felt burdened by the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Compared to the time before the pandemic, the children and adolescents reported a lower health-related quality of life, the percentage of children and adolescents with mental health problems almost doubled, and their health behavior worsened. Socially disadvantaged children felt particularly burdened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Two-thirds of the parents would like to receive support in coping with their child during the pandemic.ConclusionsThe COVID-19 pandemic poses a mental health risk to children and adolescents. Schools, doctors, and society are called to react by providing low-threshold and target-group-specific prevention and mental health promotion programs.© 2021. The Author(s).

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