Child suicide rates during the COVID-19 pandemic in England

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    Table 1: Rigor

    Ethicsnot detected.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    BlindingDeaths where there was still disagreement were then reviewed by a researcher with expertise in suicide research (DG), blind to the date of death.
    Power Analysisnot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    No key resources detected.


    Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).


    Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:
    Suicide is often associated with multiple factors including adversity in early childhood, bullying, personal and parental mental illness, exposure to suicidal behaviour in others and genetic vulnerability[7]/ During this period of lockdown, known factors such as isolation [23], loss of social support, disruptions to care and support and potential exam disruption [3], or direct anxiety regarding viral illness, may become greater; as may limitations in accessing social, mental health, and other services while the NHS and other providers try to adapt to new ways of working. However, it is possible that for some people social distancing may lead to an improvement in their symptoms (e.g. those with school phobias). However, while other reports have raised concerns about those with mental health needs during this pandemic[24], the proportion of children in contact with services was similar amongst children who died in the pre and post lockdown periods (33% vs 36%). Particular concerns have been raised about the impact of school closures and physical distancing measure on children with ASD or ADHD [25]. We found no evidence that their risk increased during the pandemic, although children with these diagnoses comprised around a quarter of all the likely suicide deaths in our detailed nested study of suicides pre vs. post lockdown. Our work adds to existing concerns regarding self-harm and suicide in this group [26]. Limitations: There are several limitations to our analysis. As child...

    Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.


    Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.


    Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.


    Results from rtransparent:
    • Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • Thank you for including a funding statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

    Results from scite Reference Check: We found no unreliable references.


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