Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Korean Adolescents' Mental Health and Lifestyle Factors.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused changes in the daily lives of Korean adolescents and affected their emotional well-being. This study compared lifestyle factors and the mental health status of adolescents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

We conducted a secondary analysis using data from a national cross-sectional cohort (Korean Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey, KYRBS) collected in 2019 before the COVID-19 outbreak and in 2020 during the pandemic. This study included 57,303 students from the 2019 KYRBS and 54,948 from the 2020 KYRBS. Lifestyle factors such as dietary habits, physical activity levels, time spent studying, duration of Internet use, and mental health status, including perceived stress, experience of depressi

SUBMITTER: Lee J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9197584 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature