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AUTHOR(S) Joan-Carles Surís; André Berchtold; Yara Barrense-Dias
One of the main concerns of parents is the amount of screen time of their teenagers, and most of them try to set rules about it. The objective of this exploratory study was to compare whether parents' rules changed during confinement and whether these changes were successful. It studied a group of parents (N = 47) of 13-year-olds in Switzerland surveyed before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
AUTHOR(S) Roxane Dumont; Viviane Richard; Elsa Lorthe (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Laura Marciano; Kasisomayajula Viswanath; Rosalba Morese (et al.)
During the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, adolescents' mental health was largely undermined. A general increment in screen time was reported. However, the long-term effects of the latter on adolescents' mental health are still little explored. In the present natural experiment, we investigated these effects using longitudinal data collected before and after the first lockdown in Switzerland. Data come from 674 Swiss adolescents (56.7% females, Mage = 14.45, SDage = 0.50) during Spring 2019 (T1) and Autumn 2020 (T2) as part of the longitudinal MEDIATICINO study. Self-reported mental health measures included somatic symptoms, inattention, anxiety, irritability, anger, sleep problems, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, loneliness, and depression. Measures for screen-media activities included time spent on the Internet, smartphones, social media, video gaming, instant messaging, and television viewing. They were all assessed at T1 and T2.
AUTHOR(S) Guillaume Favre; Cléa Kunz; Simone Schwank (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Nevesthika Muralitharan; Gabriela P. Peralta; Sarah R. Haile (et al.)
This study aimed to assess the associations between parents’ working conditions during the lockdown period (March-May 2020) and children’s health-related quality of life (HRQOL) over the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Zurich, Switzerland. It included 2211 children (6–16 years) and their parents from the prospective study Ciao Corona. Parents reported their employment status and working conditions during the lockdown. Children’s HRQOL was assessed in June-July 2020, January and March 2021 using the parents-report of the KINDL.
AUTHOR(S) Tilman Reinelt; Clarissa Frey; Rebecca Oertel (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Albane B. R. Maggio; Claudine Gal-Dudding; Xavier Martin (et al.)
In Switzerland, from March 15th to May 11th 2020, schools and most shops were closed nationwide due to the COVID-19-related lockdown. This cessation of activities may have impacted weight gain in children and adolescents. The aims of our study were to evaluate the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on the BMI of children and adolescents in treatment for obesity, and to compare its evolution to that of the previous year at the same time, as well as to that of normal-weight children. This retrospective study gathered demographic and anthropometric data from subjects aged 6–18 years both with normal weight and with obesity, who attended our hospital clinics at four time points: before and after the lockdown period in 2020, and at the same times of the year in 2019. We used paired t-tests to assess weight, BMI and BMI z-score changes, linear and standard multiple regressions, independent Student’s t-tests or Chi-square tests to compare groups, and Pearson correlation coefficient when appropriate.
AUTHOR(S) Janet Michel; Julia Rehsmann; Annette Mettler (et al.)
The pandemic has made public health communication even more daunting because acceptance and implementation of official guidelines and recommendations hinge on this. The situation becomes even more precarious when children are involved. Our child-specific COVID-19 online forward triage tool (OFTT) revealed some of the public health communication challenges. This study aimed to explore attitudes, experiences, and challenges faced by OFTT users and their families, in regard to public health recommendations. It selected key informants (n = 20) from a population of parents, teachers, guardians, as well as doctors who had used the child-specific COVID-19 OFTT and had consented to a further study. Videos rather than face-face interviews were held. Convenience and quota sampling were performed to include a variety of key informants. Interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed for themes.
AUTHOR(S) Marieke Heers; Oliver Lipps
AUTHOR(S) Clarissa Janousch; Frederick Anyan; Roxanna Morote (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Anna Maria Werling; Susanne Walitza; Stephan Eliez (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Anne-Linda Camerini; Emiliano Albanese; Laura Marciano (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Valentin Benzing; Patrice Gaillard; David Scheidegger (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Anna Maria Werling; Susanne Walitza; Miriam Gerstenberg (et al.)
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