How does the COVID-19 affect mental health and sleep among Chinese adolescents: a longitudinal follow-up study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The Corona Virus Disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic has evolved into the largest public health event in the world. Earlier COVID-19 studies have reported that the pandemic caused widespread impacts on mental health and sleep in the general population. However, it remains largely unknown how the prevalence of mental health problems and sleep disturbance developed and interacted in adolescents at different times in the epidemic.

Methods

831 teenagers (aged 14-19) underwent a longitudinal follow-up study to evaluate the prevalence of mental health problems and sleep disturbance among adolescents before, during, and after the COVID-19 breakout in China and to explore the interaction between mental health and sleep across the three measurements. The chronotype, anxiety and

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8418314 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature