• JaeHyuck Lee, HongSeung WanSW0000-0003-0043-3191Department of Family Medicine, Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea., and Keonyeop Kim.
• Department of Family Medicine, Keimyung University Daegu Dongsan Hospital, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
• J. Korean Med. Sci. 2022 Sep 5; 37 (35): e268e268.

BackgroundThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic greatly impacted the health and economy worldwide. Children and adolescents are less affected by COVID-19 but are more vulnerable to secondary damage, such as mental health. We would like to evaluate the subjective economic changes caused by COVID-19 in Korea and adolescents' mental health status.MethodsThe data are based on the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey, published by the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention in South Korea. It is an annual cross-sectional national representative survey of middle and high school students. There were 54,948 subjects, and the survey was conducted from August 3, 2020 to November 13, 2020. We investigated usual stress, loneliness, anxiety, sadness and hopelessness, and suicidal ideation.ResultsWe found that the odds ratio of adolescent mental health increased as the economic deterioration caused by COVID-19 increased. Overall, it was more severe in female students, and the greater the economic change, the worse the anxiety in boys and the worse the sadness and hopelessness in girls.ConclusionWe hope that it will be possible to prevent and intervene early in adolescents, considering not only the risk of infection from COVID-19 but also mental health, especially mental health related to the economic deterioration caused by COVID-19.© 2022 The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences.

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