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AUTHOR(S) Kathrin Bothe; Manuel Schabus; Esther-Sevil Eigl (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Esther-Sevil Eigl; Sebastian Stefan Widauer; Manuel Schabus (et al.)
The negative psychosocial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are becoming increasingly apparent. Children and adolescents in particular, were affected and torn away from their daily life routines. The aim of our survey is to evaluate the psychosocial burden and impairments of children and adolescents in Austria during the COVID-19 pandemic by using cross-sectional analysis. An Austrian-wide online survey was conducted from 21 February to 19 April 2021 for children and adolescents. The questionnaire was distributed widely using the national press agency and public media. Using an online questionnaire, 5,483 children and adolescents between 6 and 18 years of age were sampled.
AUTHOR(S) Hannes Winner; Janine Kimpel; Florian Krammer (et al.)
In 2021, many countries still did not have vaccines against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) available for young age cohorts. In addition, some parents were and still are hesitant regarding potential risks and benefits of inoculating their children, meaning that vaccination coverage for this population remains modest. This raises the important question whether population immunity can be achieved by high vaccination rates when a sufficiently large share of vaccinated adults provide indirect protection to unvaccinated individuals in the community. If this indirect vaccination effect exists, a high coverage among older cohorts may protect younger cohorts such as children from infection. More generally, community protection may help contain the pandemic even in the presence of groups unwilling or unable to get vaccinated. This study aimed to analyse this indirect protection effect, a unique rapid mass vaccination campaign. In particular, following an outbreak of the Beta variant (Phylogenetic Assignment of Named Global Outbreak (Pango) lineage designation B.1.351) of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the district of Schwaz (Austria), the government of Austria supplied 100,000 extra doses of the Comirnaty vaccine (BNT162b2 mRNA, Pfizer/BioNTech) to rapidly mass-vaccinate the entire adult population (≥ 16 years) of Schwaz.
AUTHOR(S) Tilman Reinelt; Clarissa Frey; Rebecca Oertel (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Gerald Jarnig; Reinhold Kerbl; Mireille N. M. van Poppel
AUTHOR(S) Martina Hartner-Tiefenthaler; Eva Zedlacher; Tarek Josef el Sehity (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Corinna Isensee; Benjamin Schmid; Peter B. Marschik (et al.)
The current SARS-CoV-2 global pandemic presents a great challenge for governments, health care professionals and the general population. Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) might be especially vulnerable to restrictions imposed by the crisis. The objective of the study was to examine the impact of the SARSCoV- 2 pandemic on children with ASD and their families. It conducted an online survey two months after the beginning of lock-down (18th of May to 5th of July 2020) in Germany and Austria. It investigated behavioral and emotional changes of children related to the lock-down alongside parental stress and intrafamilial burden
AUTHOR(S) Belinda Mahlknecht; Richard Kempert; Tabea Bork-Hüffer
AUTHOR(S) Anna Wenter; Maximilian Schickl; Kathrin Sevecke (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Gerald Jarnig; Reinhold Kerbl; Mireille N. M. van Poppel (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Ulrike Zartler; Vera Dafert; Petra Dirnberger (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Nadia Steiber; Christina Siegert; Stefan Vogtenhuber
This study investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the employment situation of parents and in turn on the subjective financial well-being of families with children in Austria. The pandemic had strong repercussions on the Austrian labour market. The short-time work (STW) programme covered a third of employees in the first half of 2020 and helped to maintain employment levels. This study provides evidence on how an unprecedented labour market crisis of this sort and in particular the exceptionally wide use of STW had affected the employment situation of parents and the financial well-being of different types of families.
AUTHOR(S) Gerald Jarnig; Johannes Jaunig; Reinhold Kerbl (et al.)
The ramifications of COVID-19 restrictions might accelerate the already rising proportion of children with overweight or obesity. This study aimed to assess the association between COVID-19 restrictions and changes in body mass index (BMI) and the proportion of children with overweight or obesity. Cohort study with baseline measurements in September 2019 (prior to COVID-19 restrictions) and follow-up in June 2020, September 2020, and March 2021 at 12 primary schools in Austria. The height and weight of 738 children aged 7 to 10 years were measured and age- and sex-specific national and international standardized values were calculated. Changes over time were analysed by analysis of variance.
AUTHOR(S) Christoph Pieh; Rachel Dale; Andrea Jesser (et al.)
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