Mental Well-Being during the COVID-19 Confinement among Adolescents in Catalonia : The Role of Demographic and Other COVID-Related Variables
Folch, Cinta (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública)
González-Casals, Helena (Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya)
Colom, Joan (Agència de Salut Pública de Catalunya. Subdirecció General de Drogodependències)
Bosque Prous, Marina (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Facultat de Ciències de la Salut)
Barón-Garcia, Tivy (Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya)
Álvarez-Vargas, Anaís (Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya)
Casabona-Barbarà, Jordi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Pediatria, Obstetrícia i Ginecologia i Medicina Preventiva i Salut Pública)
Espelt, Albert 1981- (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicobiologia i de Metodologia de Ciències de la Salut)

Date:	2022
Abstract:	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.
Note:	This research received no external funding.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Adolescents ; COVID-19 ; Impact ; Inequalities ; Pandemic ; Prevention ; Mental wellbeing
Published in:	Children, Vol. 9 (may 2022) , ISSN 2227-9067

DOI: 10.3390/children9060783
PMID: 35740720

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