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Dr Lindsay H. Dewa

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Advanced Research Fellow
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 0815l.dewa

 
 
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Location

 

609School of Public HealthWhite City Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Dewa:2024:10.1371/journal.pone.0299547,
author = {Dewa, L and Roberts, L and Choong, E and Crandell, C and Demkowicz, O and Ashworth, E and Branquinho, C and Scott, S},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0299547},
journal = {PLoS One},
title = {The impact of COVID-19 on young people’s mental health, wellbeing and routine from a European perspective: a co-produced qualitative systematic review},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299547},
volume = {19},
year = {2024}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Background:The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on young people’s (YP) mental health has been mixed. Systematic reviews to date have focused predominantly on quantitative studies and lacked involvement from YP with lived experience of mental health difficulties. Therefore, our primary aim was to conduct a qualitative systematic review to examine the perceived impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on YP’s (aged 10-24) mental health and wellbeing across Europe. Methods and findings:We searched MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Embase, Web of Science, MEDRXIV, OSF preprints, Google, and voluntary sector websites for studies published from 1st January 2020 to 15th November 2022. European studies were included if they reported qualitative data that could be extracted on YP’s (aged 10-24) own perspectives of their experiences of Covid-19 and related disruptions to their mental health and wellbeing. Screening, data extraction and appraisal was conducted independently in duplicate by researchers and YP with lived experience of mental health difficulties (co-researchers). Confidence was assessed using the Confidence in the Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative Research (CERQual) approach. We co-produced an adapted narrative thematic synthesis with co-researchers. This study is registered with PROSPERO, CRD42021251578. We found 82 publications and included 77 unique studies in our narrative synthesis. Most studies were from the UK (n=50; 65%); and generated data during the first Covid-19 wave (March-May 2020; n=33; 43%). Across the 79,491 participants, views, and experiences of YP minoritised by ethnicity and sexual orientation, and from marginalised or vulnerable YP were limited. Five synthesised themes were identified: negative impact of pandemic information and restrictions on wellbeing; education and learning on wellbeing; social connection to prevent loneliness and disconnection; emotional, lifestyle and behavioural changes; and mental health support. YP’s mental health
AU  - Dewa,L
AU  - Roberts,L
AU  - Choong,E
AU  - Crandell,C
AU  - Demkowicz,O
AU  - Ashworth,E
AU  - Branquinho,C
AU  - Scott,S
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pone.0299547
PY  - 2024///
SN  - 1932-6203
TI  - The impact of COVID-19 on young people’s mental health, wellbeing and routine from a European perspective: a co-produced qualitative systematic review
T2  - PLoS One
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299547
UR  - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0299547
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/110044
VL  - 19
ER  -
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