[Mental Disorders in German Pediatric Practices Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic]. / Psychische Störungen in deutschen pädiatrischen Praxen vor und während der COVID-19-Pandemie.
Psychiatr Prax
; 49(7): 382-385, 2022 Oct.
Article
in German
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1984486
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Field studies show an increased mental distress in children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. This health care data based study investigates, whether this corresponds with an increased number of diagnosed mental disorders in pediatric practices during the COVID-19 pandemics.METHODS:
Data are based on children aged 2-17 years who visited one of 154 pediatric practices (Disease Analyzer database/IQVIA) at least once. Descriptive analyses were conducted.RESULTS:
In 2020 and 2021, significantly more mental disorders were diagnosed compared to the two previous years (chi2 pâ<â0.001). An increase was particularly evident in affective disorders, although absolute numbers were small with an average increase of 7 patients per practice per year.DISCUSSION:
The pandemic-associated increase in mental disorders in children and adolescents is reflected in the physician-diagnosed cases in pediatric practices, but is small in terms of numbers in individual practices.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
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Mental Disorders
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
German
Journal:
Psychiatr Prax
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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