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Sci Rep
. 2023 May 17;13(1):7972.
doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-34544-7. A muti-informant national survey on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health symptoms of parent-child dyads in Canada
Jeanna Parsons Leigh[SUP] #[/SUP][SUP] 1 [/SUP], Stephana Julia Moss[SUP] #[/SUP][SUP] 2 [/SUP], Cynthia Sriskandarajah[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Eric McArthur[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Sofia B Ahmed[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Kathryn Birnie[SUP] 5 6 [/SUP], Donna Halperin[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Scott Halperin[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Micaela Harley[SUP] 9 [/SUP], Jia Hu[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Josh Ng Kamstra[SUP] 10 [/SUP], Laura Leppan[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Angie Nickel[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Nicole Racine[SUP] 11 [/SUP], Kristine Russell[SUP] 12 [/SUP], Stacie Smith[SUP] 13 [/SUP], May Solis[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Maia Stelfox[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Perri R Tutelman[SUP] 14 [/SUP], Henry T Stelfox[SUP] 15 16 [/SUP], Kirsten M Fiest[SUP] 15 16 [/SUP]
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The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted the mental health of children, youth, and their families which must be addressed and prevented in future public health crises. Our objective was to measure how self-reported mental health symptoms of children/youth and their parents evolved during COVID-19 and to identify associated factors for children/youth and their parents including sources accessed for information on mental health. We conducted a nationally representative, multi-informant cross-sectional survey administered online to collect data from April to May 2022 across 10 Canadian provinces among dyads of children (11-14 years) or youth (15-18 years) and a parent (> 18 years). Self-report questions on mental health were based on The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health and the World Health Organization of the United Nations H6+ Technical Working Group on Adolescent Health and Well-Being consensus framework and the Coronavirus Health and Impact Survey. McNemar's test and the test of homogeneity of stratum effects were used to assess differences between children-parent and youth-parent dyads, and interaction by stratification factors, respectively. Among 933 dyads (N = 1866), 349 (37.4%) parents were aged 35-44 years and 485 (52.0%) parents were women; 227 (47.0%) children and 204 (45.3%) youth were girls; 174 (18.6%) dyads had resided in Canada < 10 years. Anxiety and irritability were reported most frequently among child (44, 9.1%; 37, 7.7%) and parent (82, 17.0%; 67, 13.9%) dyads, as well as among youth (44, 9.8%; 35, 7.8%) and parent (68, 15.1%; 49, 10.9%) dyads; children and youth were significantly less likely to report worsened anxiety (p < 0.001, p = 0.006, respectively) or inattention (p < 0.001, p = 0.028, respectively) compared to parents. Dyads who reported financial or housing instability or identified as living with a disability more frequently reported worsened mental health. Children (96, 57.1%), youth (113, 62.5%), and their parents (253, 62.5%; 239, 62.6%, respectively) most frequently accessed the internet for mental health information. This cross-national survey contextualizes pandemic-related changes to self-reported mental health symptoms of children, youth, and families.
. 2023 May 17;13(1):7972.
doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-34544-7. A muti-informant national survey on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health symptoms of parent-child dyads in Canada
Jeanna Parsons Leigh[SUP] #[/SUP][SUP] 1 [/SUP], Stephana Julia Moss[SUP] #[/SUP][SUP] 2 [/SUP], Cynthia Sriskandarajah[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Eric McArthur[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Sofia B Ahmed[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Kathryn Birnie[SUP] 5 6 [/SUP], Donna Halperin[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Scott Halperin[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Micaela Harley[SUP] 9 [/SUP], Jia Hu[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Josh Ng Kamstra[SUP] 10 [/SUP], Laura Leppan[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Angie Nickel[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Nicole Racine[SUP] 11 [/SUP], Kristine Russell[SUP] 12 [/SUP], Stacie Smith[SUP] 13 [/SUP], May Solis[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Maia Stelfox[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Perri R Tutelman[SUP] 14 [/SUP], Henry T Stelfox[SUP] 15 16 [/SUP], Kirsten M Fiest[SUP] 15 16 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 37198202
- DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-34544-7
The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted the mental health of children, youth, and their families which must be addressed and prevented in future public health crises. Our objective was to measure how self-reported mental health symptoms of children/youth and their parents evolved during COVID-19 and to identify associated factors for children/youth and their parents including sources accessed for information on mental health. We conducted a nationally representative, multi-informant cross-sectional survey administered online to collect data from April to May 2022 across 10 Canadian provinces among dyads of children (11-14 years) or youth (15-18 years) and a parent (> 18 years). Self-report questions on mental health were based on The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health and the World Health Organization of the United Nations H6+ Technical Working Group on Adolescent Health and Well-Being consensus framework and the Coronavirus Health and Impact Survey. McNemar's test and the test of homogeneity of stratum effects were used to assess differences between children-parent and youth-parent dyads, and interaction by stratification factors, respectively. Among 933 dyads (N = 1866), 349 (37.4%) parents were aged 35-44 years and 485 (52.0%) parents were women; 227 (47.0%) children and 204 (45.3%) youth were girls; 174 (18.6%) dyads had resided in Canada < 10 years. Anxiety and irritability were reported most frequently among child (44, 9.1%; 37, 7.7%) and parent (82, 17.0%; 67, 13.9%) dyads, as well as among youth (44, 9.8%; 35, 7.8%) and parent (68, 15.1%; 49, 10.9%) dyads; children and youth were significantly less likely to report worsened anxiety (p < 0.001, p = 0.006, respectively) or inattention (p < 0.001, p = 0.028, respectively) compared to parents. Dyads who reported financial or housing instability or identified as living with a disability more frequently reported worsened mental health. Children (96, 57.1%), youth (113, 62.5%), and their parents (253, 62.5%; 239, 62.6%, respectively) most frequently accessed the internet for mental health information. This cross-national survey contextualizes pandemic-related changes to self-reported mental health symptoms of children, youth, and families.