Factors affecting the anxiety levels of adolescents in home‐quarantine during COVID‐19 pandemic in Turkey
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BACKGROUND: The long-term closing of schools and home-quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic cause negative effects on the physical and mental health of young people. Studies evaluating the mental health of adolescents during the pandemic are limited in the literature. AIM: In our study, it was aimed to determine the results of home-quarantine measures taken for adolescents during the pandemic and the affecting factors. METHOD: This study was conducted as an online cross-sectional self-report questionnaire and included children aged between 12 and 18 years. The data were obtained from the children of volunteer families via Facebook family groups, and Google Forms questionnaires sent by the child psychiatry clinic to their smartphones. Sociodemographic form, State-Trait anxiety scale, and UCLA loneliness survey were used as data collection tools. RESULTS: We examined the data of 745 adolescents. The average age of the study group was 16.83 ± 1.66 years, and 69.5% were females. It was determined that 88.2% of the adolescents followed the developments in the COVID-19 process and obtained most information from the television. State anxiety was related to "Former psychiatric referral" by 4.39-fold, "Having a COVID positive patient in the family or your surroundings" by 3.81-fold, and "The most common medium for obtaining COVID-related information" by 2.41-fold. CONCLUSIONS: Closure of schools and home-quarantine during pandemic causes anxiety and loneliness in young people. The identification of risky groups helps to properly support these individuals by various social connections, including healthcare professionals, families, and schools.
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There have been increases in adolescent anxiety, which has been due in some part to pandemic related restrictions.
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There have been increases in adolescent anxiety due in some part to pandemic related restrictions.
“there have been increases in adolescent anxiety [9,10], due in some part to pandemic related restrictions [11,12].”
From A Qualitative Study of Child and Adolescent Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ireland (2021) · cites this paper as [12]
Prolonged quarantine, fear of infections, boredom, insufficient personal space, and separation from classmates and teachers causes stress in children and adolescents.
“Prolonged quarantine, fear of infections, boredom, insufficient personal space, and separation from classmates and teachers causes stress in children and adolescents [12].”
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This study supports the emerging view that pandemic related restrictions have negatively impacted the psychological wellbeing of young people.
“Moreover, reported elsewhere, this study supports the emerging view that pandemic related restrictions [11,12] have negatively impacted the psychological wellbeing of young people.”
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- Authors
- Kılınçel, Ş., Kılınçel, O., Muratdağı, G., Aydın, A., & Usta, M. B.
- Affiliations
- Sakarya Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Institute Sakarya Turkey
- Department of Psychiatry Sakarya Yenikent State Hospital Sakarya Turkey
- Department of Family Medicine Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine Sakarya Turkey
- Ondokuz Mayıs University (TR)
- Corresponding author
- Usta, Miraç Barış
- Venue
- Asia-Pacific Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2020-08-11
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- e12406-e12406
- ISSN
- 1758-5864 (ISSN-L)
- 1758-5872
- PMC
- PMC7435562
- OpenAlex
- W3048764269
- Cited by
- 171
- References
- 28
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 47 · 2021: 57 · 2020: 1
- FWCI
- 13.83
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Asia-Pacific Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Sakarya Üniversitesi Kurumsal Açık Akademik Arşivi (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic, adolescents, home quarantine, anxiety, loneliness, school closures, media sources, risk factors, mental health
- MeSH terms
- COVID-19, Adolescent, Anxiety, Child, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Loneliness, Male, Quarantine, Turkey
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