Kim So Young, Lee Na-Eun, Yoo Dae Myoung, Kim Ji Hee, Kwon Mi Jung, Kim Joo-Hee, Bang Woo Jin, Choi Hyo Geun
Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam 13496, Korea.
Hallym Data Science Laboratory, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang 14068, Korea.
Life (Basel). 2022 Apr 18;12(4):600. doi: 10.3390/life12040600.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been suggested to have adverse impacts on psychiatric disorders. This study aimed to investigate the changes in medical visits due to a wide range of psychiatric disorders in children during the COVID-19 pandemic. The medical visits of all Korean children and adolescents (0−19 years old) due to the 12 following psychiatric disorders were investigated: autism; attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); depressive disorder; bipolar disorder; primary insomnia; schizophrenia; panic disorder; hypochondriasis; posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); anxiety disorder; anorexia nervosa; and adephagia. The mean medical visits before and during the COVID-19 pandemic were compared. The mean number of clinical visits due to autism, ADHD, depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, panic disorder, hypochondriasis, PTSD, anxiety disorder, and anorexia nervosa was higher during the COVID-19 pandemic than before the COVID-19 pandemic (all p < 0.05). The higher mean number of medical visits due to psychiatric disorders was maintained in age and sex subgroups. The female and adolescent groups demonstrated a higher mean number of medical visits due to psychiatric disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic. The medical visits due to many psychiatric disorders were higher during the COVID-19 pandemic than before COVID-19 in children and adolescents in Korea. Women and adolescents were more susceptible to psychiatric disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic.
有人认为新冠疫情对精神疾病有不利影响。本研究旨在调查新冠疫情期间儿童因多种精神疾病就诊的变化情况。对韩国所有儿童和青少年（0至19岁）因以下12种精神疾病的就诊情况进行了调查：自闭症；注意力缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）；抑郁症；双相情感障碍；原发性失眠；精神分裂症；惊恐障碍；疑病症；创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）；焦虑症；神经性厌食症；以及贪食症。比较了新冠疫情之前和期间的平均就诊次数。在新冠疫情期间，因自闭症、ADHD、抑郁症、双相情感障碍、惊恐障碍、疑病症、PTSD、焦虑症和神经性厌食症的平均临床就诊次数高于新冠疫情之前（所有p<0.05）。因精神疾病导致的较高平均就诊次数在年龄和性别亚组中持续存在。在新冠疫情期间，女性和青少年组因精神疾病的平均就诊次数较高。在韩国儿童和青少年中，新冠疫情期间因多种精神疾病的就诊次数高于新冠疫情之前。在新冠疫情期间，女性和青少年更容易患精神疾病。
