Wider collateral damage to children in the UK because of the social distancing [...] COVID-19, 2020, Crawley et al. And other papers by Crawley et al

[MEMarge]

Hi @Justy, lovely to hear from you, hope you and her Dad improve soon.

 

[Arnie Pye]

I don't know how accurate these figures are, but apparently in the three months of the run up to lockdown 18.1 million people flew into the UK (I assume many of them were transferring to other flights and flying out again, but I'm only guessing), and only 273 were put into quarantine. Dealing with that situation more sensibly might have massively reduced the numbers getting infected in the UK and saved lots of lives.

I have also read that 100,000 people are still flying into the UK every week and they aren't getting screened.

 

[Justy]

I don't know how accurate these figures are, but apparently in the three months of the run up to lockdown 18.1 million people flew into the UK (I assume many of them were transferring to other flights and flying out again, but I'm only guessing), and only 273 were put into quarantine. Dealing with that situation more sensibly might have massively reduced the numbers getting infected in the UK and saved lots of lives.

I have also read that 100,000 people are still flying into the UK every week and they aren't getting screened.

Yep!

 

[Sly Saint]

Merged thread

Rapid Systematic Review: The Impact of Social Isolation and Loneliness on the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents in the Context of COVID-19

Abstract
Objective
Disease containment of COVID-19 has necessitated widespread social isolation. We aimed to establish what is known about how loneliness and disease containment measures impact on the mental health in children and adolescents.

Method
For this rapid review, we searched MEDLINE, PSYCHINFO, and Web of Science for articles published between 01/01/1946 and 03/29/2020. 20% of articles were double screened using pre-defined criteria and 20% of data was double extracted for quality assurance.

Results
83 articles (80 studies) met inclusion criteria. Of these, 63 studies reported on the impact of social isolation and loneliness on the mental health of previously healthy children and adolescents (n=51,576; mean age 15.3) 61 studies were observational; 18 were longitudinal and 43 cross sectional studies assessing self-reported loneliness in healthy children and adolescents. One of these studies was a retrospective investigation after a pandemic. Two studies evaluated interventions. Studies had a high risk of bias although longitudinal studies were of better methodological quality. Social isolation and loneliness increased the risk of depression, and possibly anxiety at the time loneliness was measured and between 0.25 to 9 years later. Duration of loneliness was more strongly correlated with mental health symptoms than intensity of loneliness.

Conclusion
Children and adolescents are probably more likely to experience high rates of depression and probably anxiety during and after enforced isolation ends. This may increase as enforced isolation continues. Clinical services should offer preventative support and early intervention where possible and be prepared for an increase in mental health problems.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0890856720303373


(drumming up more 'business')

 

[rvallee]

Is it really research when you can predict, almost verbatim, what will in be the conclusions?

probably more likely may increase

And when your conclusions contain the very questions that are supposed to be answered, unanswered, is it really meaningful research?

This is "research" that contributes nothing. I have no idea what purpose this actually serves other than building a fake portfolio on quantity without quality.

 

[Sean]

Viruses don't care about their host's mental health.

Failure to achieve elimination/eradication is going to be far more damaging to everybody's mental health.

 

[Forbin]

probably more likely may increase

I hope they're not locked into that.

 

[Hutan]

Posts about the Well At School advice for schools on CFS by Crawley et al have been split to a new thread:
Well At School: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Crawley, Loades et al

 

[Sly Saint]

this just came up in a search:

Definition of 'biased sample'

biased sample in British English
(ˈbaɪəst ˈsɑːmpəl)
noun
statistics
a statistical sample in which the items selected share some property which influences their distribution

Examples of 'biased sample' in a sentence
biased sample
It can also result in a biased sample if a non-representative group are selectively recruited.
Maria E. Loades, Lucie Smith, Nina Higson-

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/biased-sample

comes from

Obstacles to recruitment in paediatric studies focusing on mental health in a physical health context: The experiences of clinical gatekeepers in an observational cohort study
Maria Loades, Lucie Smith, Nina Higson-Sweeney, Lucy Beasant, Paul Stallard, David Kessler, Esther Crawley