The pandemic within the pandemic: the surge of neuropsychological disorders in Italian children during the COVID-19 era.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Quarantine and isolation measures during COVID-19 pandemic may have caused additional stress and challenged the mental health of the youth. Aim of the study is to investigate the COVID-19 pandemic impact on neuropsychological disorders (NPD) of Italian children and adolescents to provide general pediatric recommendations.

Material and methods

A retrospective multicenter observational study was planned by the Italian Pediatric Society (SIP) to explore the impact of COVID-19 on the access of children to pediatric Emergency Departments (pED) for the evaluation of neuropsychological symptoms, collecting the classification codes of diagnoses between March 1, 2019 and March 2, 2021. The period study was split into two sub-periods: a pre COVID-19 period (from March 1 201

SUBMITTER: Bozzola E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9326438 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature