Impacto da Covid-19 na saúde da criança: revisão integrativa da literatura

Abstract

Objective: to identify the scientific evidence available in the literature on the impacts of COVID-19 on children's health. Method: integrative review, with a search carried out in the CINAHL and MEDLINE databases via PubMed and in the electronic portal of the Virtual Health Library in May 2021, using the following descriptors: child health, child development and coronavirus infections. 13 articles were included where the inclusion criteria were from original research, in full, in English or Portuguese, in the time frame from 2019 to 2021, and the others were excluded according to the exclusion criteria. Results: With the closing of schools and increased confinement, studies showed the impacts of the pandemic on child health, such as changes in nutrition, increased use of screens that can lead to visual problems, intrafamily stress, child violence and especially problems related to mental health such as hyperactivity, anxiety, depression. Demonstrating how they are indirectly exposed through environmental change. Therefore, it is necessary that new measures be carried out through government agencies in order to minimize these effects on the child's health.