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. 2022 Feb 3;18(3):149–159. doi: 10.1007/s12519-022-00515-7

Table 2.

Studies reporting long-term mental health outcomes

Authors and date Age group Setting Time frame Symptoms (long), if any Control group Number of participants SARS-CoV-2 infection confirmation
Li et al., January 19th, 2021 [39] Adolescents Junior and senior high schools in Wuhan Cross-sectional (March 30th to April 7th, 2020) Anxiety and depression None 7890 Not reported
Xie et al., September 1st, 2020 [40] Students grades 2–6 2 primary schools in the Hubei province Cross-sectional (February 28th to March 5th, 2020) Anxiety and depression None 1780 Not reported
Cheah et al., November 1st, 2020 [26] Parents, and children aged 10–18 y Households in the U.S. that self-identified as Chinese Retrospective cohort (March 14th to May 31st, 2020) Higher levels of perceived racial discrimination were associated with poorer mental health None 773 Not reported
Gassman-Pines et al., October 1st, 2020 [24] Parents of a child or children aged 2–7 y Large U.S. city Prospective cohort (February 20th to April 27th, 2020) Increase in parental reporting of daily negative moods None 645 Not reported
Luijten et al., November 4th, 2020 [28] Children and adolescents aged 8–18 y Two Dutch representative samples of children and adolescents in the Netherlands

Cross-sectional

Before COVID-19 (December 2017-July 2018) and during the COVID-19 lockdown (April/May 2020)

Significantly worse PROMIS T-scores on all domains

Depressive symptoms, severe anxiety, and mental and health complaints

None 884 Not reported
Alves et al., October 23rd, 2020 [21] Children aged 9–15 y Virtual visits during “stay-at-home" measures in the U.S. April 22nd to July 29th, 2020 Anxiety scores more than 5 standard deviations greater than values from healthy pediatric populations prior to the pandemic None 65 Not reported

COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019, PROMIS Patient-Reported Outcome Measure Information System