台湾儿童在COVID-19后增加的行为,情绪和社会问题
Chi-Yung Shang1, Luan-Yin Chang2, Yu-Tzu Chang1
1Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi
|October 21, 2024
概括
感染了导致COVID-19的病毒SARS-CoV-2的儿童,即使在康复后,也经历了持续的行为和情绪问题,包括注意力缺陷和社会困难. 这些发现凸显了COVID-19后儿童群体持续心理健康支持的需要.
科学领域:
- 儿科心理健康 儿科心理健康
- 传染病对儿童发育的影响
- 神经心理学 神经心理学
背景情况:
- 严重急性呼吸系统综合征冠状病毒2 (SARS-CoV-2) 流行病严重影响了儿童的心理健康.
- 了解COVID-19对儿童的长期行为和情绪后果对于有效干预至关重要.
- 这项研究调查了SARS-CoV-2感染后儿童持续的行为和社会调整问题.
研究的目的:
- 确定和描述儿童在从COVID-19中康复后的行为,情绪和社会适应问题.
- 将COVID-19后儿童的心理健康状况与感染前的状态以及健康的对照组进行比较.
主要方法:
- 在感染六个月内评估了84名为SARS-CoV-2阳性测试的儿童 (6-16岁).
- 父母报告详细介绍了儿童感染前和感染后 (最近两周) 的行为和社会功能.
- 84名年龄,性别和智商匹配的健康儿童组成的对照组接受了相同的评估.
主要成果:
- 与对照组相比,有COVID-19病史的儿童表现出更严重的注意力不集中,过度活跃-冲动和反对的症状.
- 在COVID-19后,孩子们表现出更多的情绪和行为问题,包括学校功能的困难,社会互动和亲子互动.
- 与COVID前的情况相比,受感染的儿童报告了更多的注意力不集中,体质抱怨,思维问题,内化问题和父母儿童互动问题.
结论:
- SARS-CoV-2 感染与儿童在COVID后的一系列心理健康后果有显著的关联.
- 行为/情绪和社会适应挑战是儿童COVID-19后常见的持久问题.
- 提高对COVID-19后儿童持续心理健康问题的认识和监测至关重要.
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