Adolescent and young adult stress and coping during COVID-19: the utility of a pediatric emergency department screener.

Background: COVID-19 altered lives, especially adolescents and young adults who lost their emotional and social support systems and may be suffering.

Objective: In response to the coronavirus pandemic, a questionnaire was created and administered to Pediatric Emergency Department (PED) patients in order to identify psychosocial stress and coping abilities.

Methods: A 12-question (yes/no) quality improvement (QI) paper-based questionnaire was administered by PED providers to assess psychosocial stress and coping among patients 12 years and greater who presented to the PED at a tertiary Children's Hospital, March-September 2020.