The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health in adolescents treated in Day hospital program of Child and adolescent psychiatry

Cilj istraživanja: Cilj ove studije je istražiti razinu subjektivnog doživljaja iskustva tijekom pandemije i epidemioloških mjera i ispitati utjecaj pandemije na mentalno zdravlje adolescenata liječenih putem Dnevne bolnice Zavoda za dječju i adolescentnu psihijatriju. Ispitanici i metode: Sudjelovalo je u istraživanju ukupno 102 ispitanika, pacijenata liječenih putem Dnevne bolnice. Od ukupnog broja ispitanika u uzorku su ukupno 74 osobe ženskoga spola i 28 osoba muškoga spola. Anketni upitnik sastoji se od tri dijela. Uzorak je opisan metodama deskriptivne statistike, pri čemu su kategorijski podaci opisani relativnim i relativnim frekvencijama, podaci obrađeni standardnom devijacijom i aritmetičkom sredinom u slučajevima normalne razdiobe podataka, a u svim ostalim slučajevima interkvartilnim raspršenjem i medijanom kao mjerama centralne tendencije i raspršenja. Rezultati istraživanja: Najviše ispitanika, njih 90 navodi da o svojim problemima razgovara s majkom,niti jedan ispitanik ne navodi da o svojim problemima razgovara s ocem. Adolescentice najviše doživljavaju simptome brige kada misle da su bile loše u nečemu, gotovo uvijek uznemire kada se s nekim posvađaju, adolescentice su češće doživljavaju bol u prsištu tijekom pandemije. Adolescenti najviše osjećaju simptome zabrinutosti oko loše izvedbe na testu,. Utvrđena je statistički značajna razlika između adolescenata u različitim fazama adolescencije s obzirom na simptom problema sa spavanjem tijekom pandemije SARS Covid-19, pri čemu adolescenti iz srednje faze adolescencije imaju najviše problema sa spavanjem. Adolescenti koji se nalaze u kasnoj fazi adolescencije slično kao adolescenti u ranoj fazi adolescencije se jako često brinu kada misle da su loši u nečemu. adolescenti u ranoj fazi adolescencije i adolescenti u kasnoj fazi adolescencije jako često uznemire kada se posvađaju s drugima. Adolescenti u svim trima fazama adolescencije najčešće osjećaju simptome ubrzanog lupanja srca, umora i nedostatka energije te imaju poteškoće sa prosnivanjem. Zaključak: Ne postoji statistički značajna razlika istraživanju u utjecju pandemije Covid-19 ma mentalno zdravlje s obzirom na spol i dob.Aim of the study: The aim of this study is to see the level of subjective experiences during the pandemic and epidemiological measures and also to examine the impact of the pandemic on the mental health of adolescents treated through the Day Hospital of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Subjects and methods: A total of 102 subjects participated in the study and they were the patients treated through the Day Hospital. Out of the total number of subjects in the sample, a total of 74 were females and 28 males. The survey questionnaire consisted of three parts. The sample is described by descriptive statistics methods, where categorical data are described by absolute and relative frequencies and numerical data by arithmetic mean and standard deviation in cases of normal data distribution, and in all other cases by median and interquartile scattering as measures of central tendency and scattering. Survey results: Most respondents, 90 of them, state that they talk about their problems with their mother, and none of the respondent stated that they talk about their problems with their father. Female adolescents most often experience symptoms of worriedness when they thought they have been bad at something, and they were always upset after they had an argue with someone. Female adolescents much often felt the chest pain during a pandemic. Both male and female adolescents mostly felt the symptoms of worriedness about the poor performance on the exam. A statistically significant difference was found with sleeping issues during the SARS Covid-19 pandemic between adolescents in different stages of adolescence and those from the middle stage of adolescence had the most difficulty sleeping. Adolescents who are in late adolescence, like adolescents in early adolescence, very often worried when they thought they are bad at something. Adolescents in early adolescence and adolescents in late adolescence often were upset when they argued with others. Adolescents in all three stages of adolescence most often experienced symptoms of rapid heartbeat, fatigue, and lack of energy, and they also had difficulty sleeping. Conclusion: Considering the gender and age of the adolescents, this research has shown that there is no statistically significant difference in the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on their mental health