Table 1.
Study characteristics and prevalence is of high level of depressive symptoms, loneliness, quality of life, and life satisfaction among boys and girls in lower secondary education in Trøndelag County, Norway—before and after the lockdown in spring 2020.
| Boys ( n = 1,984) | Girls ( n = 2,099) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-pandemic 2020 ( n = 1,020) | Lockdown 2020 ( n = 964) | Pre-pandemic 2020 ( n = 1,106) | Lockdown 2020 ( n = 993) | |||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| School grade level | ||||||||
| 8th grade | 339 | 33.2 | 295 | 30.6 | 354 | 32 | 352 | 35.4 |
| 9th grade | 328 | 32.2 | 363 | 37.7 | 361 | 32.6 | 355 | 35.8 |
| 10th grade | 353 | 34.6 | 306 | 31.7 | 391 | 35.4 | 286 | 28.8 |
| Family SEP | ||||||||
| Low | 213*** | 20.9 | 115 | 11.9 | 210 | 19.0 | 96 | 9.7 |
| Medium | 360 | 35.3 | 386 | 40.0 | 359 | 32.5 | 378 | 38.1 |
| High | 447 | 43.8 | 463 | 48.0 | 537 | 48.6 | 519 | 52.3 |
| Prevalence's of high level a | ||||||||
| Depressive symptoms | 68 | 7.1 | 74 | 8.2 | 190 | 17.7 | 201 | 20.8 |
| Felt that everything is a struggle | 194 | 20.2 | 206 | 22.8 | 419* | 39.0 | 418 | 43.6 |
| Had sleep problems | 182 | 18.9 | 193 | 21.4 | 292** | 27.1 | 315 | 32.7 |
| Felt unhappy, sad, or depressed | 140 | 14.5 | 153 | 16.9 | 338** | 31.6 | 364 | 37.7 |
| Felt hopeless about the future | 125** | 13.1 | 161 | 18.0 | 282* | 26.4 | 296 | 30.7 |
| Felt stiff or tense | 160 | 16.8 | 160 | 17.8 | 304* | 28.6 | 315 | 33.2 |
| Worried too much about things | 231 | 24.1 | 193 | 21.5 | 538 | 50.2 | 480 | 50.3 |
| Loneliness | 123 | 12.8 | 141 | 15.6 | 289 | 27.0 | 285 | 29.7 |
| Quality of life | 440*** | 43.3 | 304 | 33.6 | 249*** | 22.6 | 155 | 16.0 |
| Life-satisfaction | 924*** | 91.1 | 739 | 80.1 | 901*** | 81.8 | 666 | 68.8 |
a
Comparisons between pre-pandemic and lockdown measures tested by Pearson chi square test
*
p < 0.05,
**
p < 0.01, and
***
p < 0.001.