Impacts of long-term coronavirus disease 2019 school closures on Japanese school children.
Pediatr Int
; 64(1): e15131, 2022 Jan.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1961797
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
This study investigated the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic school closures on the mental health of school students with chronic diseases.METHODS:
Questionnaires were distributed to students from 4th-9th grade diagnosed with chronic diseases at Osaka Medical College Hospital and their parents or caregivers. Questionnaires from 286 families were returned by mail after the schools reopened. The students were divided into the "psychosomatic disorder" group (group P, n = 42), the "developmental disorder" group (group D, n = 89), and the "other disease" group (group O, n = 155). Using students' self-reports on the Questionnaire for Triage and Assessment with 30 items, we assessed the proportion of students with a high risk of psychosomatic disorder in three groups. We investigated how the students requiring the support of somatic symptom (SS) felt about school during school closure. Further, using parents' and caregivers' answers, SS scores were calculated before and during school closure and after school reopening.RESULTS:
The proportion of students with a high risk of developing psychosomatic disorder increased in all groups. For the students in Group P, the response "I did not want to think about school" indicated an increase in SS scores, and for the students in Group O, "I wanted to get back to school soon" indicated a decrease. Furthermore, especially in Group P students, SS scores decreased transiently during school closure and increased after school reopening.CONCLUSIONS:
The impact of school closure on mental health differed depending on students' diagnoses and feelings about school during school closures.Keywords
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Schools
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Mental Health
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Child
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Pediatr Int
Journal subject:
Pediatrics
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Ped.15131
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