Table 2.

Change in children’s mental health and sleep disturbance by age from before COVID-19 to May 2020 (N=392)

	n (%)				Change from pre-COVID-19 to May 2020
Age	‘No’ at both times	‘Yes’ at both times	‘Yes’ to ‘No’	‘No’ to ‘Yes’	p-value
Child sad or depressed
0–4 years	83 (88.30)	2 (2.13)	0 (0.00)	9 (9.57)	0.003
5–11 years	106 (65.03)	20 (12.27)	1 (0.61)	36 (22.09)	<0.001
12–14 years	37 (53.62)	17 (24.64)	1 (1.45)	14 (20.29)	0.001
15–17 years	38 (57.58)	12 (18.18)	0 (0.00)	16 (24.24)	0.001
All Ages (0–17 years)	264 (67.34)	51 (13.01)	2 (0.51 )	75 (19.13)	<0.001
Child anxious or afraid
0–4 years	83 (88.30)	3 (3.19)	0 (0.00)	8 (8.51)	0.005
5–11 years	108 (66.26)	22 (13.50)	0 (0.00)	33 (20.25)	<0.001
12–14 years	44 (63.77)	13 (18.84)	0 (0.00)	12 (17.39)	0.001
15–17 years	48 (72.73)	7 (10.61)	0 (0.00)	11 (16.67)	0.001
All Ages (0–17 years)	283 (72.19)	45 (11.48)	0 (0.00)	64 (16.33)	<0.001
Child has trouble sleeping
0–4 years	82 (87.23)	3 (3.19)	1 (1.06)	8 (8.51)	0.020
5–11 years	122 (74.85)	21 (12.88)	1 (0.61)	19 (11.66)	<0.001
12–14 years	48 (69.57)	13 (18.84)	1 (1.45)	7 (10.14)	0.034
15–18 years	46 (69.70)	8 (12.12)	2 (3.03)	10 (15.15)	0.021
All Ages (0–17 years)	298 (76.02)	43 (10.97)	5 (1.28)	46 (11.73)	<0.001