Mental and Psychosomatic Effects of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Adolescents: A Validation Study
Objectives: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had detrimental impacts on both physical and mental health worldwide. In addition to the behavioral effects, it has caused a range of psychological problems such as depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, and anger. Fear and stress have...
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| author | Gülberat İnce Özlem Üzüm Kayı Eliaçik Ali Kanık Büşra Emir Mehmet Helvacı |
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| description | Objectives: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had detrimental impacts on both physical and mental health worldwide. In addition to the behavioral effects, it has caused a range of psychological problems such as depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, and anger. Fear and stress have been particularly prevalent in individuals. This study aims to assess the psychometric properties of the Scale for the Evaluation of Mental and Psychosomatic Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic (COVID-19 PRPEDS) on adolescents and explore the pandemic's psychosomatic effects.
Materials and Methods: A total of 503 adolescents between the ages of 14 and 18 years who continue their high school education constituted the study population. The COVID-19 PRPEDS comprising 18 items and 2 subscales (Mental Effects, Psychosomatic Effects), was used in adolescents. The forms were delivered to the students via the Internet, and in addition to the scale, the age and sex of the adolescents were recorded.
Results: A majority of the participants (96.6%, n = 486) had knowledge about COVID-19, 93.8% (n = 472) could differentiate COVID-19 from other diseases, 96.6% (n = 486) were able to explain the transmission ways of COVID-19 and 96% (n = 483) took the necessary precautions to protect themselves from COVID-19. The COVID-19 PRPEDS scores of males were higher than females. The study validation index was above 0.9, which is considered to be acceptable for adolescents.
Conclusions: Like in the other pandemics, adolescents experienced serious mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to its psychosomatic effects, the mental issues related to the pandemic were more common in male adolescents. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6cf2d73f7d064b3aa4d1fc9cf8e300d12024-11-26T11:43:20ZengAVES YayincilikTurkish Archives of Pediatrics2757-62562024-01-01591606910.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2024.23110Mental and Psychosomatic Effects of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Adolescents: A Validation StudyGülberat İnce0Özlem Üzüm1Kayı Eliaçik2Ali Kanık3Büşra Emir4Mehmet Helvacı5Department of Pediatric Diseases, University of Health Sciences, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, TurkeyDepartment of Pediatric Diseases, University of Health Sciences, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, TurkeyDepartment of Pediatric Diseases, University of Health Sciences, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, TurkeyDepartment of Pediatric Diseases, İzmir Katip Çelebi University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, TurkeyDepartment of Biostatistics, İzmir Katip Çelebi University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, TurkeyDepartment of Pediatric Diseases, University of Health Sciences, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, TurkeyObjectives: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had detrimental impacts on both physical and mental health worldwide. In addition to the behavioral effects, it has caused a range of psychological problems such as depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, and anger. Fear and stress have been particularly prevalent in individuals. This study aims to assess the psychometric properties of the Scale for the Evaluation of Mental and Psychosomatic Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic (COVID-19 PRPEDS) on adolescents and explore the pandemic's psychosomatic effects. Materials and Methods: A total of 503 adolescents between the ages of 14 and 18 years who continue their high school education constituted the study population. The COVID-19 PRPEDS comprising 18 items and 2 subscales (Mental Effects, Psychosomatic Effects), was used in adolescents. The forms were delivered to the students via the Internet, and in addition to the scale, the age and sex of the adolescents were recorded. Results: A majority of the participants (96.6%, n = 486) had knowledge about COVID-19, 93.8% (n = 472) could differentiate COVID-19 from other diseases, 96.6% (n = 486) were able to explain the transmission ways of COVID-19 and 96% (n = 483) took the necessary precautions to protect themselves from COVID-19. The COVID-19 PRPEDS scores of males were higher than females. The study validation index was above 0.9, which is considered to be acceptable for adolescents. Conclusions: Like in the other pandemics, adolescents experienced serious mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to its psychosomatic effects, the mental issues related to the pandemic were more common in male adolescents.https://turkarchpediatr.org/en/mental-and-psychosomatic-effects-of-the-coronavirus-disease-2019-pandemic-on-adolescents-a-validation-study-131602 |
| spellingShingle | Gülberat İnce Özlem Üzüm Kayı Eliaçik Ali Kanık Büşra Emir Mehmet Helvacı Mental and Psychosomatic Effects of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Adolescents: A Validation Study Turkish Archives of Pediatrics |
| title | Mental and Psychosomatic Effects of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Adolescents: A Validation Study |
| title_full | Mental and Psychosomatic Effects of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Adolescents: A Validation Study |
| title_fullStr | Mental and Psychosomatic Effects of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Adolescents: A Validation Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mental and Psychosomatic Effects of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Adolescents: A Validation Study |
| title_short | Mental and Psychosomatic Effects of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Adolescents: A Validation Study |
| title_sort | mental and psychosomatic effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on adolescents a validation study |
| url | https://turkarchpediatr.org/en/mental-and-psychosomatic-effects-of-the-coronavirus-disease-2019-pandemic-on-adolescents-a-validation-study-131602 |
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