TY - JOUR
T1 - Problemas de salud mental en adolescentes chinos durante el COVID-19
T2 - importancia de la nutrición y la actividad física
AU - Chi, Xinli
AU - Liang, Kaixin
AU - Chen, Si Tong
AU - Huang, Qiaomin
AU - Huang, Liuyue
AU - Yu, Qian
AU - Jiao, Can
AU - Guo, Tianyou
AU - Stubbs, Brendon
AU - Hossain, Md Mahbub
AU - Yeung, Albert
AU - Kong, Zhaowei
AU - Zou, Liye
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Social Science Foundation of China [grant number 16CSH049]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant number 31871115]; Key Research Projects of Colleges and Universities in Guangdong Province [grant number 2018WZXDM015]; and Shenzhen Basic Research Grant [grant number 2019SHIBS0003].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Asociación Española de Psicología Conductual
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/9/1
Y1 - 2021/9/1
N2 - Background/Objective: Mental health problems are common among adolescents and greatly influenced by stressful events. This study sought to assess the prevalence and correlates of insomnia, depressive and anxiety symptoms among Chinese adolescents during the COVID-19. Method: Cross-sectional study (N = 1794 adolescents, mean age = 15.26) was conducted in May 2020. An online survey was used to collect socio-demographic data, COVID-related fear (COVID-fear), nutrition, physical activity (PA) level and the symptoms of insomnia, depression and anxiety. Results: The prevalence of insomnia, depressive and anxiety symptoms was 37.80%, 48.20% and 36.70%, respectively, among Chinese adolescents during the pandemic. Generalized linear models revealed that female, left behind children, and students with greater COVID-fear tended to report symptoms of insomnia, depression and anxiety concurrently. After adjusting for socio-demographic factors and COVID-fear, better nutritional status and moderately active PA were both associated with lower levels of depressive and anxiety symptoms, while highly active PA was associated with lower levels of insomnia, depressive and anxiety symptoms. Conclusions: These findings suggest that more attention should be paid to psychological health among adolescents while combating COVID-19. To promote adolescents’ mental health, educators should help adolescents develop a healthy lifestyle with balanced diet and regular exercise.
AB - Background/Objective: Mental health problems are common among adolescents and greatly influenced by stressful events. This study sought to assess the prevalence and correlates of insomnia, depressive and anxiety symptoms among Chinese adolescents during the COVID-19. Method: Cross-sectional study (N = 1794 adolescents, mean age = 15.26) was conducted in May 2020. An online survey was used to collect socio-demographic data, COVID-related fear (COVID-fear), nutrition, physical activity (PA) level and the symptoms of insomnia, depression and anxiety. Results: The prevalence of insomnia, depressive and anxiety symptoms was 37.80%, 48.20% and 36.70%, respectively, among Chinese adolescents during the pandemic. Generalized linear models revealed that female, left behind children, and students with greater COVID-fear tended to report symptoms of insomnia, depression and anxiety concurrently. After adjusting for socio-demographic factors and COVID-fear, better nutritional status and moderately active PA were both associated with lower levels of depressive and anxiety symptoms, while highly active PA was associated with lower levels of insomnia, depressive and anxiety symptoms. Conclusions: These findings suggest that more attention should be paid to psychological health among adolescents while combating COVID-19. To promote adolescents’ mental health, educators should help adolescents develop a healthy lifestyle with balanced diet and regular exercise.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Descriptive survey study
KW - Mental health
KW - Nutrition
KW - Physical activity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85099624144&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijchp.2020.100218
DO - 10.1016/j.ijchp.2020.100218
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85099624144
SN - 1697-2600
VL - 21
JO - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
JF - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
IS - 3
M1 - 100218
ER -