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ArticleAnnals of medicine2025

COVID-19 and risk of self-harm, suicidal ideation, and poisoning in children and adolescents.

Jaewhan Kim, Colby Hoskinson, Evelyn Nichols, Chathuri Illapperuma-Wood, Aaron Fischer, Kenechukwu Ben-Umeh, Fernando Wilson

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Article in Annals of medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Jaewhan KimDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8147-1159
Colby HoskinsonDepartment of Educational Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Evelyn NicholsDepartment of Educational Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Chathuri Illapperuma-WoodDepartment of Educational Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Aaron FischerDepartment of Educational Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Kenechukwu Ben-UmehDepartment of Pharmacotherapy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Fernando WilsonDepartment of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

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Abstract

objectiveThis study examined the association between COVID-19 and the risk of self-harm, suicidal ideation and poisoning in school-aged children and adolescents. MATERIALS AND

methodsWe utilized the 2019-2021 Utah All Payers Claims Database (APCD) to identify school-age children and adolescents aged 6-15 years in 2019. COVID-19 diagnosis, self-harm, suicidal ideation and poisoning were identified using ICD-10 diagnosis codes. Baseline characteristics were assessed, and Inverse Probability Weighting (IPW) was applied to balance these characteristics between the two groups (those with COVID-19 and those without). Weighted logistic regression was employed to identify factors associated with these outcomes in 2021.

resultsThe study included 180,925 participants (48% female; mean [SD] age in 2019: 10.6 [2.9] years), of whom 45,056 (24.9%) had a COVID-19 in 2020, and 51.5% were aged 11-15 years. Subjects with COVID-19 had twice the odds of suicidal ideation (AOR = 2.00,

conclusionOur findings suggest a significant association between diagnosed COVID-19 and self-harming behaviours in children and adolescents.

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COVID-19PoisoningSelf-Injurious BehaviorSuicidal IdeationAdolescentChildFemaleHumansMaleRisk FactorsSARS-CoV-2UtahAdolescentsChildrenCOVID-19PoisoningSelf-harmSuicidal ideation

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