National Trends in Sadness, Suicidality, and COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Risk Factors Among South Korean Adolescents From 2005 to 2021.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic's effect on daily life, limited research exists on the prevalence and risk factors of suicidality and sadness among South Korean adolescents.

Objectives

To examine whether the observed sadness and suicidality in the early to middle periods of the COVID-19 pandemic differed from the expected level and to investigate changes in risk factors for sadness and suicidality.

Design, setting, and participants

This nationwide serial cross-sectional survey study used data on 1 109 776 Korean adolescents aged 13 to 18 years from the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey from 2005 to 2021.

Exposure

The COVID-19 pandemic.

Main outcomes and measures

The pattern of changes in the percentage or proportion of sadness or suicid

SUBMITTER: Woo HG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10209749 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature