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Impacts of COVID-19 on children and adolescents: a systematic review analyzing its psychiatric effects

AUTHOR(S)
Italo Wanderson de Moura Gabriel; Danielly Gonçalves Sombra Lima; Jeully Pereira Pires (et al.)

Published: November 2022   Journal: World Journal of Psychiatry
This research aimed to summarize the most relevant data from a systematic review on the impact of COVID-19 on children and adolescents, particularly analyzing its psychiatric effects. This review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and included experimental studies (randomized-individually or pooled-and non-randomized controlled trials), observational studies with a group for internal comparison (cohort studies-prospective and retrospective-and case-control) and qualitative studies in the period from 2021 to 2022.
Anxiety disorders in pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic: what are the risk factors?

AUTHOR(S)
Eunike Deborah Phoebe; Tiwi Mustikasari; Wigaviola Socha Purnama Asri Harmada (et al.)

Published: November 2022   Journal: Jurnal Psikiatri Surabaya

The COVID-19 pandemic, since the beginning of 2020, has become  a  concern  for  the  world  community  in  the  health  sector.  Literature found anxiety symptoms to increase during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in the pregnant women population. This literature review study aims to provide an overview and risk factors for anxiety in pregnancy  related  to  the  COVID-19  pandemic.  PubMed  and  Google Scholar were searched using the following keyword (anxiety dis-orders) AND (pregnancy) AND (COVID-19) using the journal publication filter for the 2009-2021 issues.

Association of excessive screen time in children with language delay during Covid-19 pandemic: a systematic review

AUTHOR(S)
Ulima Mazaya Ghaisani; Amalia Rasydini Salam

Published: November 2022   Journal: Jurnal Psikiatri Surabaya

COVID-19 pandemic and the associated lockdown have con-fined children to their homes and have resulted in an exponential increase in screen usage among children. This review aimed to scrutinize changes in screen time rate and duration in children and the correlation with increased risk  of  language  delay  in  children  under  two  years  old  with  any  screen time or screen time for more than 1 hour in children 2—5 years old during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: In this systematic review journal, we searched the database from PubMed and Google Scholar with the keywords of screen time OR computer OR television OR video game OR YouTube OR digital screen time AND COVID-19 OR SARS-Cov-19 AND preschool children OR birth to 5 years on January 13th, 2022.

Prevention of mental health disorder among adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic

AUTHOR(S)
Aqidah Khariri; Maesarah ; Rayhan Alma Shafannisa Heru (et al.)

Published: November 2022   Journal: Jurnal Psikiatri Surabaya
COVID-19 pandemic not only causes physical problems but also becomes a stressor and give problems to mental health that are commonly found in adolescence. Mental health disorders, such as anxiety and depression, can increase the risk of many physical health problems and reduce performance in work and social environment as well. Therefore, this literature review is aimed to discuss further and to broaden insight about the importance of mental health disorders and efforts to prevent mental health disorders among teenagers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has negative impacts in mental health. Depression and anxiety are the most common mental health condition in the general population that reported an increase until three times compared before the pandemic. Several studies about COVID-19 and anxiety showed that the younger population (especially young adults) tended to have more anxiety. The most distressing issue for teenagers in the pandemic is not being able to see their friends, being fear of their friends or family getting sick or dying from COVID-19. In addition, when compared to the older population, the younger population also uses social media more often that can cause anxiety due to information overload and misinformation.
Child survival crisis due to maternal undernourishment during the COVID era

AUTHOR(S)
Ashu Tyagi; Abhishek Joshi

Published: November 2022   Journal: Medical Journeys
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused a global crisis, creating the most challenging times faced by any country. The pandemic created a situation that shocked the whole world. It led to a condition of fear, and the ones to take the major hit were the vulnerable groups: children, pregnant women, and the elderly, as well as those belonging to low socio-economic groups who lost their source of daily income. It increased the pressure on already burdened healthcare and information systems and led to a situation where the well-being of even children and pregnant women could not be maintained. COVID-19 increased the risk of undernutrition in children. Though children are observed to be less affected by the virus, they are the hidden victims of the pandemic in terms of falling prey to undernutrition. Child undernutrition can also be linked to maternal malnutrition, starting from the preconception period through the postpartum period. The situation arose due to the rapid steps of mitigation taken to tackle the pandemic, leading to decreased food security, healthcare, and education. Maternal undernutrition leads to complications for the mother during childbirth and has long-term effects on both. It can lead to low birth weight (LBW) babies, postpartum complications, chronic child undernourishment, and even increased maternal and child mortality and morbidity. Because of the pandemic's disruption of immunization facilities, it appears that even preventable childhood diseases will worsen in the coming years. In these post-COVID-19 times, it has become necessary to take measures to improve the overall health status of the population, with special regard to these vulnerable groups. Proper maternal and child health should be targeted at community levels by introducing interventions that prioritize antenatal and postnatal care, nutritional education, immunization of both mother and child, and proper health and sanitation practices. The purpose of this narrative review is to create awareness about the child survival crisis that may occur in the coming years due to undernutrition and the failure of immunization.
Annual Research Review: The impact of Covid‐19 on psychopathology in children and young people worldwide: systematic review of studies with pre‐ and within‐pandemic data

AUTHOR(S)
Tamsin Newlove-Delgado; Abigail Emma Russell; Frances Mathews (et al.)

Published: November 2022   Journal: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

The high volume and pace of research has posed challenges to researchers, policymakers and practitioners wanting to understand the overall impact of the pandemic on children and young people's mental health. This study aimed to search for and review the evidence from epidemiological studies to answer the question: how has mental health changed in the general population of children and young people? Four databases (Medline, CINAHL, EMBASE and PsychINFO) were searched in October 2021, with searches updated in February 2022.

Information system records of nutritional status of stunted children aged under five: a literature review of stunting management in pandemic era

AUTHOR(S)
Nopi Nur Khasanah; Yeni Rustina; Dyah Wiji Puspita Sar (et al.)

Published: November 2022   Journal: Amerta Nutrition

Policies and regulations related to stunting reduction in Indonesia are manifested in both specific and sensitive interventions. Throughout the process, these intervention efforts require cross-sector cooperation while noting that stunting is caused by multi-dimensional factors. Unfortunately, the current Covid-19 pandemic has worsened the target achievement of stunting reduction due to limited human resources at the primary service level and various Covid-19 prevention protocols that must be adhered to; both are considered as factors leading to the declining of services at the community level.   This research was conducted to analyze the implementation of stunting prevention policy by reviewing the literature that doing a research to prevent stunting in pandemic era.

Barriers and facilitators of childhood COVID-19 vaccination among parents: a systematic review

AUTHOR(S)
Yusra Habib Khan; Maria Rasheed; Tauqeer Hussain Mallhi (et al.)

Published: November 2022   Journal: Frontiers in Pediatrics

The acceptance of vaccination against COVID-19 among parents of young children plays a significant role in controlling the current pandemic. A wide range of factors that influence vaccine hesitancy in adults has been reported worldwide, but less attention has been given to COVID-19 vaccination among children. Vaccine hesitancy is considered a major challenge in achieving herd immunity, and it is more challenging among parents as they remain deeply concerned about their child’s health. In this context, a systematic review of the current literature is inevitable to assess vaccine hesitancy among parents of young children to ensure a successful ongoing vaccination program. A systematic search of peer-reviewed English literature indexed in Google Scholar, PubMed, Embase, and Web of science was performed using developed keywords between 1 January 2020 and August 2022. This systematic review included only those studies that focused on parental concerns about COVID-19 vaccines in children up to 12 years without a diagnosis of COVID-19. Following PRISMA guidelines, a total of 108 studies were included. The quality appraisal of the study was performed by Newcastle–Ottawa Scale (NOS).

Clinical features of infants with SARS-CoV-2 infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AUTHOR(S)
Feifan Xiao; Meiling Tang; Kai Yan (et al.)

Published: November 2022   Journal: Annals of Palliative Medicine

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) leads to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and is a public health problem. This meta-analysis reviewed the clinical features of SARS-CoV-2 infection among infants. PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library were searched for studies on clinical features of infants with SARS-CoV-2 published before May 1, 2022. Two authors screened and extracted data on the number of infants with SARS-CoV-2 infection, clinical features, and number of clinical features. The proportion of asymptomatic infection, mild symptoms, moderate symptoms, severe symptoms, and the clinical features were analyzed.

Cite this research | Open access | Vol.: 11 | Issue: 11 | No. of pages: 20 | Language: English | Topics: Health | Tags: child health, COVID-19, early childhood, health services, infectious disease, pandemic
Risk of serious COVID-19 outcomes among adults and children with moderate-to-severe asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AUTHOR(S)
Bohee Lee; Grace Lewis; Eldad Agyei-Manu (et al.)

Published: November 2022   Journal: European Respiratory Review

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation in the United Kingdom requested an evidence synthesis to investigate the relationship between asthma and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outcomes. This study conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to summarise evidence on the risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes in people with uncontrolled asthma or markers of asthma severity.

Adolescent mental health during covid-19 pandemics: a systematic review

AUTHOR(S)
Seideh Hanieh Alamolhoda; Elham Zare; Atena HakimZadeh (et al.)

Published: November 2022   Journal: International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has had wide-ranging outcomes on adolescents’ well-being. However, less attention has been paid to the adolescent’s mental health during the pandemic. The pandemic may impair adolescents’ mental health through stress spillover from other family members, contextual and policy changes, and the disruption of everyday life routines. Therefore, our research is motivated by a need to address the relative scarcity of research examining adolescent mental health during the pandemic. This systematic review was conducted through the medical database, Web of Science, Scopus, Medline, Embase, Google Scholar, and Cochrane databases for peer-reviewed, cross-sectional, cohort studies assessing the mental health status of adolescents during the Covid-19 virus pandemic from May 2020 till Dec 2022 without language restriction. Keywords were selected based on the Mesh terms and Emtree.

Sleep in children with autism spectrum disorder: a narrative review and systematic update

AUTHOR(S)
A. J. Schwichtenberg; Amy Janis; Alex Lindsay

Published: November 2022   Journal: Current Sleep Medicine Reports
Sleep problems are a common comorbidity for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and research in this area has a relatively long history. This review first outlined historic patterns in the field of sleep and ASD. Second, it conducted a systematic update and coded these studies based on their alignment with historic patterns. Research on ASD and sleep over the past two decades has primarily focused on four principal areas: (1) documenting the prevalence and types of sleep problems; (2) sleep problem treatment options and efficacy; (3) how sleep problems are associated with other behavioral, contextual, or biological elements; and (4) the impact of child sleep problems on families and care providers. The systematic update in this paper includes empirical studies published between 2018 and 2021 with terms for sleep and ASD within the title, keywords, or abstract.
Assessment of changes in child and adolescent screen time during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AUTHOR(S)
Sheri Madigan; Rachel Eirich; Paolo Pador (et al.)

Published: November 2022   Journal: JAMA Pediatrics

To limit the spread of COVID-19, numerous restrictions were imposed on youths, including school closures, isolation requirements, social distancing, and cancelation of extracurricular activities, which independently or collectively may have shifted screen time patterns. This study aimed to estimate changes in the duration, content, and context of screen time of children and adolescents by comparing estimates taken before the pandemic with those taken during the pandemic and to determine when and for whom screen time has increased the most. Electronic databases were searched between January 1, 2020, and March 5, 2022, including MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials. A total of 2474 nonduplicate records were retrieved.

Ethnic differences and inequities in paediatric healthcare utilisation in the UK: a scoping review

AUTHOR(S)
Claire X. Zhang; Maria A. Quigley; Clare Bankhead (et al.)

Published: November 2022   Journal: Archives of Disease in Childhood

Despite the increased policy attention on ethnic health inequities since the COVID-19 pandemic, research on ethnicity and healthcare utilisation in children has largely been overlooked. This scoping review aimed to describe and appraise the quantitative evidence on ethnic differences (unequal) and inequities (unequal, unfair and disproportionate to healthcare needs) in paediatric healthcare utilisation in the UK 2001–2021.

Effectiveness of the BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) vaccine in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AUTHOR(S)
Jewel Maria Sabu; Izza Zahid; Namitha Jacob (et al.)

Published: November 2022   Journal: Vaccines
Efforts to control the COVID-19 pandemic have expanded to the vaccination of children and adolescents. This systematic review assesses the utility of the BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) vaccine in children and adolescents aged 5–18 years, considering its effectiveness against COVID infection, hospital and intensive care admission and duration of effectiveness after vaccination. Six databases were searched following the PRISMA guidelines. Pooled estimates and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using meta-analysis. Fifteen studies were included in the systematic review, while 12 studies were included in the meta-analysis. Evidence suggests that the two-dose vaccination regime provided high effectiveness of 92% (95% CI, 86–96) against COVID infection. Vaccination also conferred high protection against hospitalisation (91%) and intensive care admission (85%). The vaccine was highly protective against the Delta variant of the virus, but showed a lower protection against the Omicron variant.
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