COV0639 - SCAMP-COVID19: a school-based cohort study of COVID-19 secondary impacts on mental health

COVID-19对健康构成重大威胁。政府实施的公共卫生措施，包括社交距离和关闭学校和企业，也对社会的健康和福祉及其社会和经济基础设施构成其他威胁。青少年认知和移动的手机研究（SCAMP）在过去的6年里一直在研究近7000名青少年（目前年龄在15-17岁），来自大伦敦的学校。它收集了有关青少年心理健康、数字技术使用以及睡眠和体育活动等生活方式和行为的详细信息。我们将在SCAMP研究中调查COVID-19大流行和公共卫生措施对青少年心理健康和福祉的影响。我们将调查因COVID-19公共卫生措施及其对青少年教育和社交网络的深刻破坏而导致的心理健康问题的风险因素，并找出可以改变哪些因素以提高复原力。这项研究将调查以下问题：数字技术使用的变化是否对青少年心理健康产生积极或消极的影响;以及谁最有可能出现负面结果，例如那些经历更多家庭压力，缺乏健康食物和户外/绿色空间的人。

COVID-19 poses a significant threat to health. The government-enforced public health measures, including social distancing and closure of schools and businesses, also pose other threats to the health and wellbeing of society and its social and economic infrastructure. The Study of Cognition Adolescents and Mobile Phones (SCAMP) has been studying almost 7000 adolescents (currently aged 15-17) over the past 6 years, from schools across Greater London. It collected detailed information about adolescents' mental health, their use of digital technology, as well as their lifestyle and behaviour, such as sleep and physical activity. We will investigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and public health measures on adolescent mental health and wellbeing, within the SCAMP study. We will investigate risk factors for mental health problems due to COVID-19 public health measures and their profound disruption to adolescent education and social networks and find out what factors can be changed to boost resilience. This research will investigate questions such as: whether changes in use of digital technology have a positive or negative impact on adolescent mental health; and who is most at-risk of negative outcomes, such as those experiencing more family stress, lack of access to healthy food and outdoor/green space.