Prevalence of mental health problems among children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the prevalence of depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, and posttraumatic stress symptoms among children and adolescents during global COVID-19 pandemic in 2019 to 2020, and the potential modifying effects of age and gender.

Methods

A literature search was conducted in PubMed, Web of Science, PsycINFO, and two Chinese academic databases (China National Knowledge Infrastructure and Wanfang) for studies published from December 2019 to September 2020 that reported the prevalence of above mental health problems among children and adolescents. Random-effects meta-analyses were used to estimate the pooled prevalence.

Results

Twenty-three studies (21 cross-sectional studies and 2 longitudinal studies) from two coun

SUBMITTER: Ma L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9711885 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature