Anxiety increased among children and adolescents during pandemic-related school closures in Europe: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract Background Considering the heterogenous evidence, a systematic review of the change in anxiety in European children and adolescents associated with the COVID-19 pandemic is lacking. We therefore assessed the change compared with pre-pandemic baselines stratified by gender and age as well as...

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Main Authors: Helena Ludwig-Walz, Indra Dannheim, Lisa M. Pfadenhauer, Jörg M. Fegert, Martin Bujard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-06-01
Series:Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-023-00612-z