Publication date: Feb 17, 2025
The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychosocial well-being in adolescents with obesity compared to those with type 1 diabetes. As part of the German KICK-COVID Study, adolescents aged 12-21 with overweight or obesity from the German/Austrian Adiposity-Follow-up-Registry (APV) completed well-being, anxiety, and depression questionnaires (WHO-5; GAD-7; PHQ-9) during routine visits amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. By multivariable linear regression models, adjusted for age, gender, and immigration background, the association between psychosocial distress, anthropometrics, and cardiometabolic risk factors was analysed. Data were compared to those of youth with type 1 diabetes from the German/Austrian Diabetes-Follow-up-Registry (DPV) and normative values from the general population. Additionally, a mediation analysis examined the impact of loneliness on mental health through media consumption. From June 2021 to September 2023, 235 adolescents from 6 German and 1 Austrian paediatric obesity centres were enrolled. Results were compared to 235 age- and gender-matched participants from the DPV registry (54. 04% males; mean age 15. 21+/-1. 66 years) and normative values. Youth with type-1 diabetes were more anxious about their health risk, but distress factors were more pronounced in the APV group (p
| Concepts | Keywords |
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| Austrian | Adolescents |
| Diabetes | Age |
| Germany | Apv |
| Overweight | Austrian |
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| Covid | |
| Diabetes | |
| Distress | |
| Follow | |
| German | |
| Kick | |
| Obesity | |
| Pandemic | |
| Psychosocial | |
| Registry |
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | COVID-19 pandemic |
| disease | MESH | obesity |
| disease | MESH | type 1 diabetes |
| disease | MESH | overweight |
| disease | MESH | anxiety |
| disease | MESH | depression |
| disease | MESH | loneliness |