Mental Well-Being during the COVID-19 Confinement among Adolescents in Catalonia: The Role of Demographic and Other COVID-Related Variables
Por:
Folch, C, Gonzalez-Casals, H, Colom, J, Bosque-Prous, M, Baron-Garcia, T, Alvarez-Vargas, A, Casabona, J and Espelt, A
Publicada:
1 jun 2022
Resumen:
This study aimed to describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the social situation, self-perceived health status, and mental well-being of adolescents in Catalonia during home confinement, and to evaluate factors that are associated with poor overall mental well-being. An online cross-sectional study among a cohort of students (14-18 years old) of central Catalonia (DESKcohort) was performed during June-July 2020. Poisson regression models with robust variance were used to identify variables associated with "poor overall well-being," measured by the short version of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale. Out of 303 participants, 42.1% reported a decrease in family income, and 32.8% a loss of parental employment due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and these percentages were higher among people living in low socioeconomic neighborhoods (53.3% and 43.2%, respectively). Overall, 56.8% presented a poor overall well-being. Participants reporting a decrease in their family's income (aPR = 1.33) and those knowing a close person or family who died of COVID-19 (aPR = 1.42) were more likely to report a poor overall well-being. This study highlights the patterns of inequality and social vulnerability for COVID-19 pandemic outcomes. Considering social inequalities, interventions are needed to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the physical and the psychological wellbeing of children and their families.
Filiaciones:
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Ctr Estudis Epidemiol Infecc Transmissio Sexual &, Dept Salut, Generalitat Catalunya, Badalona 08916, Spain
Ctr Invest Biomed Red Epidemiol & Salud Publ CIBE, C Monforte Lemos,3 Pabellon 11, Madrid 28029, Spain
Gonzalez-Casals, H:
Univ Vic, Dept Epidemiol & Methodol Social & Hlth Sci, Fac Hlth Sci Manresa, Univ Cent Catalunya UVic UCC, Av Univ 4-6, Manresa 08242, Spain
Colom, J:
Agencia Salut PUbl Catalunya, Subdireccio Gen Drogodependencies, Barcelona 08005, Spain
Bosque-Prous, M:
Univ Oberta Catalunya, Fac Hlth Sci, Rambla Poblenou 156, Barcelona 08018, Spain
Baron-Garcia, T:
Univ Vic, Dept Epidemiol & Methodol Social & Hlth Sci, Fac Hlth Sci Manresa, Univ Cent Catalunya UVic UCC, Av Univ 4-6, Manresa 08242, Spain
Alvarez-Vargas, A:
Univ Vic, Dept Epidemiol & Methodol Social & Hlth Sci, Fac Hlth Sci Manresa, Univ Cent Catalunya UVic UCC, Av Univ 4-6, Manresa 08242, Spain
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Ctr Estudis Epidemiol Infecc Transmissio Sexual &, Dept Salut, Generalitat Catalunya, Badalona 08916, Spain
Ctr Invest Biomed Red Epidemiol & Salud Publ CIBE, C Monforte Lemos,3 Pabellon 11, Madrid 28029, Spain
Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Pediat Obstet & Ginecol & Med Prevent, Barcelona 08193, Spain
Espelt, A:
Ctr Invest Biomed Red Epidemiol & Salud Publ CIBE, C Monforte Lemos,3 Pabellon 11, Madrid 28029, Spain
Univ Vic, Dept Epidemiol & Methodol Social & Hlth Sci, Fac Hlth Sci Manresa, Univ Cent Catalunya UVic UCC, Av Univ 4-6, Manresa 08242, Spain
Univ Autonoma Barcelona UAB, Dept Psicobiol & Metodol Ciencies Salut, C Ca nAltayo S-N, Bellaterra 08193, Spain
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