Changes in psychosocial functioning among urban, school-age children during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is concern about the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychosocial functioning among school-age children, who have faced unusual stressors during this time. Our goal was to assess mental health symptoms and social risks during COVID-19, compared to before the pandemic, for urban, racial and ethnic minority school-age children, and investigate the relationship between mental health and social risks.

Methods

We conducted a cohort study from September 2019 until January 2021 of children age 5-11 years old recruited from an urban safety net hospital-based pediatric primary care practice. We measured emotional and behavioral symptoms (including attention, internalizing, and externalizing symptoms) before and during the pandemic with the Pediatric Symptom Checkl

SUBMITTER: Spencer AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8637516 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature