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AUTHOR(S) Isabelle May; Lena Hoerl
AUTHOR(S) Julia Reim; Svenja Geissler; Philipp Alt (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Verena Letzel-Alt; Marcela Pozas; Christoph Schneider
AUTHOR(S) S. Diefenbacher; M. Grgic; F. Neuberger (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer; Michael Erhart; Janine Devine (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Michael Spieker
AUTHOR(S) Tilman Reinelt; Clarissa Frey; Rebecca Oertel (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Lisa Kullik; Michael Kellmann; Christian Puta (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Alina Behrendt; Vanessa Fischer; Maik Walpuski
AUTHOR(S) Anne-Kathrin Mareike Loer; Olga Maria Domanska; Christiane Stock (et al.)
Health literacy enables people to cope efficiently with health threats, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. However, little is known about health literacy among adolescents in general and especially in the context of pandemics. This study aimed to explore pandemic-related health literacy among adolescents by addressing cognitive, behavioral, conative, and affective components of the multidimensional health literacy construct. Four online focus groups with 24 adolescents aged 13-17 years from four German federal states were conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic in May and June 2021. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis.
AUTHOR(S) Angelika Ecker; Irina Jarvers; Daniel Schleicher (et al.)
In the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, many restrictions hit people in ways never seen before. Mental wellbeing was affected and burden was high, especially for high-risk groups such as parents. However, to our knowledge no research has yet examined whether being a parent was not only a risk for psychological burden but also a way to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. An online survey was used to collect data from 1,121 participants from April to June 2020. In addition to demographic variables, risk factors (financial burden, problems complying with COVID-19 restrictions, and pre-treatment due to mental health problems) and protective factors (emotion regulation, humor, and crisis self-efficacy) were collected. The dataset was divided into three groups: parents whose children lived at home (n = 395), parents whose children did not (no longer) live at home (n = 165), and people who were not parents (n = 561).
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) Nora Bruns; Lea Willemsen; Andreas Stang (et al.)
he worldwide severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic challenges adolescents’ mental health. This study aims to compare the number of pediatric ICU (PICU) admissions after suicide attempts during the first German lockdown and one year later during a second, prolonged lockdown with prepandemic years. A retrospective multicenter study was conducted among 27 German PICUs. Cases <18 years admitted to the PICU because of accidents or injuries between March 16 and May 31 of 2017 to 2021 were identified based on International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision codes (German modification) and patient data entered into a database. This study is a subset analysis on suicide attempts in adolescents aged 12 to 17.9 years. The Federal Statistics Office was queried for data on fatal suicides, which were available only for 2020 in adolescents aged 10 to 17.9 years.
AUTHOR(S) Stephanie V. Rek; Matthias A. Reinhard; Markus Bühner (et al.)
Childhood maltreatment (CM) has been associated with adverse psychosocial outcomes during the pandemic, but the underlying mechanisms are unclear. In a prospective online study using baseline and 10-week follow-up data of 391 German participants, multiple mediation analyses was applied to test to what extent COVID-19 perceived stressors mediate the association between CM and later adverse psychosocial outcomes compared to established mediators of rumination and insecure attachment. This study also explored the relative importance of different COVID-19 related stressors in predicting adverse psychological trajectories using elastic net regression.
AUTHOR(S) Lea Meininger; Julia Adam; Elena von Wirth (et al.)
The COVID-19 pandemic is challenging for health care systems around the world. Teletherapy (psychotherapy conducted via videoconference) for children and adolescents offers a promising opportunity not only to provide treatment during social distancing restrictions but also to reduce treatment barriers that might prevent families from seeking care independent of the pandemic. Therefore, it is highly important to examine the implementation and especially the acceptance of and satisfaction with teletherapy. Therapists of 561 patients and parents of 227 patients (total 643 patients) aged 3–20 years treated at a university outpatient unit rated their experiences with teletherapy.
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