A muti-informant national survey on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health symptoms of parent-child dyads in Canada.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted the mental health of children, youth, and their families which must be addressed and prevented in future public health crises. Our objective was to measure how self-reported mental health symptoms of children/youth and their parents evolved during COVID-19 and to identify associated factors for children/youth and their parents including sources accessed for information on mental health. We conducted a nationally representative, multi-informant cross-sectional survey administered online to collect data from April to May 2022 across 10 Canadian provinces among dyads of children (11-14 years) or youth (15-18 years) and a parent (> 18 years). Self-report questions on mental health were based on The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health and t

SUBMITTER: Leigh JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10189235 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature