SynthesisWorldviews on evidence-based nursing2022
Mental health effects prevalence in children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review.
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73 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Mental health effects prevalence in children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review.Worldviews on evidence-based nursing · 2022Pooled it
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- Prevalence of and factors associated with multiple neurodevelopmental disorders among children and adolescents: a nationwide cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Young people's experiences and strategies for improving their awareness and access to mental health and substance use health services.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Assessing Irritability in Primary School-Aged Children: How to Test and Whom to Ask.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Post-pandemic mental health: Understanding the global psychological burden and charting future research priorities.World journal of psychiatry · 2025Review
- From stress to anhedonia: differential gene expression, behavioural and biochemical modulations in resilient versus susceptible mice in an ultrasound model of juvenile depression.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2025Article
- Death recollection moderates stress-influenced depression in Thai boarding school students.BMC psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic health crisis has changed household and school routines leaving children and adolescents without important anchors in life. This, in turn, can influence their mental health, changing their behavioral and psychological conditions.
aimsTo systematically review the literature to answer the question: "What is the worldwide prevalence of mental health effects in children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic?".
methodsEmbase, Epistemonikos database, LILACS, PsycINFO, PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and World Health Organization Global literature on coronavirus disease were searched. Grey literature was searched on Google Scholar, Grey Literature Report, and Preprint server MedRxiv. Observational studies assessing the prevalence of mental health effects in children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic were included. Four authors independently collected the information and assessed the risk of bias of the included studies.
resultsFrom a total of 11,925 identified studies, 2873 remained after the removal of the duplicated records. Nineteen studies remained after the final selection process. The proportion of emotional symptoms and behavior changes varied from 5.7% to 68.5%; anxiety 17.6% to 43.7%, depression 6.3% to 71.5%, and stress 7% to 25%. Other outcomes such as the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (85.5%) and suicidal ideation (29.7% to 31.3%) were also evaluated. LINKING EVIDENCE TO ACTION: Overall findings showed that the proportion of children and adolescents presenting mental health effects during the COVID-19 pandemic showed a wide variation in different countries. However, there was a trend toward mental health issues. Therefore, policymakers, healthcare planners, youth mental health services, teachers, parents, and researchers need to be prepared to deal with this demand.
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