Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41659759›Full record

ArticleChild indicators research2026

Factors Associated with Changes in Capability-Wellbeing for Children and Young People of Secondary School Age During the First COVID-19 Lockdown.

Isabella Floredin, Samantha Husbands, Jessica Hancock, Paul M Mitchell, Joanna Coast, Emma Frew, Peymane Adab, Marie Murphy, Joanne Clarke, Miranda Pallan and 1 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Child indicators research, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Isabella FloredinHealth Economics & Health Policy (HEHP@Bristol), Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, 1-5 Whiteladies Road, Bristol, BS8 1NU UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7192-0213
Samantha HusbandsHealth Economics & Health Policy (HEHP@Bristol), Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, 1-5 Whiteladies Road, Bristol, BS8 1NU UK.
Jessica HancockHealth Economics & Health Policy (HEHP@Bristol), Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, 1-5 Whiteladies Road, Bristol, BS8 1NU UK.
Paul M MitchellHealth Economics & Health Policy (HEHP@Bristol), Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, 1-5 Whiteladies Road, Bristol, BS8 1NU UK.
Joanna CoastHealth Economics & Health Policy (HEHP@Bristol), Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, 1-5 Whiteladies Road, Bristol, BS8 1NU UK.
Emma FrewHealth Economics Unit, Department of Applied Health Sciences, IOEM Building, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK.
Peymane AdabDepartment of Applied Health Sciences, Murray Learning Centre, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK.
Marie MurphyDepartment of Applied Health Sciences, Murray Learning Centre, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK.
Joanne ClarkeDepartment of Applied Health Sciences, Murray Learning Centre, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK.
Miranda PallanDepartment of Applied Health Sciences, Murray Learning Centre, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK.
Tim J PetersBristol Dental School, University of Bristol, 1 Trinity Quay, Avon Street, Bristol, BS2 0PT UK.

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Concerns about the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions on children's and young people's wellbeing have been reported, but information about changes in wellbeing in terms of capabilities is limited. This study explores factors associated with changes in capability-wellbeing of children and young people during the first UK lockdown in March 2020. Data from an online survey of 687 participants aged 11-15 years was analysed using a staged logistic regression approach. Associations were explored between 25 potential explanatory variables across four groups (i. sociodemographic characteristics; ii. schooling and learning; iii. living situation; iv. other activities) and seven capability-wellbeing outcomes (safety and security; talking and support; having fun; achievement; relationships with: people I live with; family I don't live with; friends). Odds ratios, 95% confidence intervals and p-values were used to identify independent associations. Several variables were associated with changes in capability-wellbeing from approximately 85% of the survey sample. Negative changes were associated with older age, girls, white-British ethnicity and owning no or one vehicle. Deprivation was associated with both negative and positive effects. Activities associated with negative change were more time watching TV and no time spent reading, learning new skills, playing games, and relaxing with household. Time spent talking to friends on social media was associated with both positive and negative changes. This study provides the first analysis of factors associated with changes in capability-wellbeing for children and young people during the first UK COVID-19 lockdown, identifying groups that may benefit from additional support in similar future contexts. Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12187-025-10294-y.

Indexed as

Capability approachCapability-wellbeing outcomesChildren and young peopleCOVID-19Logistic regression

Identifiers

PMID41659759
PMCPMC12876456

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.