Confinamiento y salud mental en población Infanto-Juvenil: estudio prospectivo

Abstract

espanolSe presentan los resultados de una investigacion prospectiva sobre problemas psicopatologicos en ninos y adolescentes durante el confinamiento por COVID-19, de marzo a mayo de 2020. 422 pacientes del Equipo de Salud Mental Infanto-Juvenil de Burgos, de edades entre 3 y 18 anos de edad fueron seguidos telefonicamente, registrandose puntuaciones GAF de estado de salud, sintomas, y diagnostico. Para analizar la evolucion, diferenciamos cinco etapas del confinamiento. Se compararon estadisticamente las puntuaciones GAF antes y durante el confinamiento, sus cambios en las etapas, la evolucion de los sintomas por etapas, y la evolucion del GAF por diagnosticos. Los resultados sugieren que el estado de salud mental de los menores no empeoro tras el inicio del confinamiento, no hubo etapas de empeoramiento, no hubo diferencias en la sintomatologia referida, y no hubo empeoramientos en ningun cuadro diagnostico. Se concluye que durante el periodo estudiado no se evidenciaron efectos psicopatologicos significativos. EnglishA prospective investigation on the psychopathological problems of children and adolescents during the COVID-19 lockdown, from March to May 2020, is presented. 422 outpatients from the Burgos Child and Youth Mental Health Team, aged 3 to 18 years-old, were followed up by telephone. At each consultation their health status was assessed with the GAF scale, the referred symptoms were registered, and a diagnosis was made. For analytical purposes, the lockdown was divided into five stages. GAF scores before and during lockdown, their changes across stages, the evolution of symptoms by stages, and the evolution of GAF by diagnosis were statistically compared. The results show that the GAF values did not worsen after the start of lockdown, there were no worsening stages, there were no differences in symptoms, and there were no worsening in any diagnostic condition. It is concluded that during the studied period no significant psychopathological effects were evidenced.