Sakarya Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Institute, Sakarya, Turkey.
Department of Psychiatry, Sakarya Yenikent State Hospital, Sakarya, Turkey.
Asia Pac Psychiatry. 2021 Jun;13(2):e12406. doi: 10.1111/appy.12406. Epub 2020 Aug 11.
The long-term closing of schools and home-quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic cause negative effects on the physical and mental health of young people. Studies evaluating the mental health of adolescents during the pandemic are limited in the literature.
In our study, it was aimed to determine the results of home-quarantine measures taken for adolescents during the pandemic and the affecting factors.
This study was conducted as an online cross-sectional self-report questionnaire and included children aged between 12 and 18 years. The data were obtained from the children of volunteer families via Facebook family groups, and Google Forms questionnaires sent by the child psychiatry clinic to their smartphones. Sociodemographic form, State-Trait anxiety scale, and UCLA loneliness survey were used as data collection tools.
We examined the data of 745 adolescents. The average age of the study group was 16.83 ± 1.66 years, and 69.5% were females. It was determined that 88.2% of the adolescents followed the developments in the COVID-19 process and obtained most information from the television. State anxiety was related to "Former psychiatric referral" by 4.39-fold, "Having a COVID positive patient in the family or your surroundings" by 3.81-fold, and "The most common medium for obtaining COVID-related information" by 2.41-fold.
Closure of schools and home-quarantine during pandemic causes anxiety and loneliness in young people. The identification of risky groups helps to properly support these individuals by various social connections, including healthcare professionals, families, and schools.
在 COVID-19 大流行期间，学校长期关闭和居家隔离对年轻人的身心健康产生负面影响。评估大流行期间青少年心理健康的研究在文献中有限。
在我们的研究中，旨在确定大流行期间对青少年采取的居家隔离措施的结果及其影响因素。
本研究是一项在线横断面自我报告问卷调查，纳入年龄在 12 至 18 岁之间的儿童。数据是通过 Facebook 家庭群组从志愿家庭的孩子那里获得的，以及儿童精神病诊所通过孩子的智能手机发送的 Google 表单问卷。使用社会人口统计学表格、状态-特质焦虑量表和 UCLA 孤独感调查作为数据收集工具。
我们检查了 745 名青少年的数据。研究组的平均年龄为 16.83±1.66 岁，其中 69.5%为女性。确定 88.2%的青少年关注 COVID-19 进程的发展，并从电视上获得大部分信息。状态焦虑与“以前有精神科转介”相关 4.39 倍，与“家庭或周围有 COVID 阳性患者”相关 3.81 倍，与“获得 COVID 相关信息的最常见媒介”相关 2.41 倍。
大流行期间学校关闭和居家隔离会导致年轻人焦虑和孤独。识别高风险群体有助于通过各种社会联系，包括医疗保健专业人员、家庭和学校，为这些人提供适当的支持。
