Difficulties of Families with Children and Adolescents with Psychiatric Disorders During the COVID-19 Outbreak: A Cross-Sectional Study
| Author | Forough Riahi | en |
| Author | Maryam Izadi-Mazidi | en |
| Orcid | Forough Riahi [0000-0001-7667-4974] | en |
| Issued Date | 2024-11-30 | en |
| Abstract | Background: The COVID-19 crisis has confronted parents with significant challenges in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry that must be addressed. Objectives: The current study aimed to evaluate the burden of the pandemic on families with children and adolescents diagnosed with psychiatric disorders. Methods: This descriptive study used a cross-sectional design. A total of 92 children and adolescents (age range: 2 - 18 years; mean age: 9.49 ± 4.72) diagnosed with psychiatric disorders participated in the study. The parents (father or mother) of the children were asked to complete an informed consent form, a questionnaire to obtain demographic data, and a questionnaire to gather information about the difficulties parents faced with their children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, chi-squared tests, and Fisher's exact test. Results: The most common challenges parents faced included sleep problems (disruption of the sleep-wake cycle; 58.7%), excessive use of media (54.3%), and significant challenges with eLearning (53.33%). Inactivity (41.3%), difficulty accessing a psychiatrist (32.6%), difficulty accessing other therapists (23.9%), and worsening symptoms (23.9%) were the next most prevalent issues. The results also showed that 80.8% of parents of children with sleep-wake cycle disruptions, 83.5% of parents of children with excessive social media use, and 79.3% of parents of children with educational problems reported conflict with their children; the intensity of the conflict was moderate in most cases. A history of psychiatric disorders in parents did not predict parent-child conflict over the children’s problems during the quarantine (all P > 0.05). Conclusions: Attention to the impact of the pandemic on these patients should guide the care provided by clinicians. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5812/jcp-144416 | en |
| Keyword | COVID-19 | en |
| Keyword | Child | en |
| Keyword | Adolescence | en |
| Keyword | Parent | en |
| Keyword | Psychiatric Disorder | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Difficulties of Families with Children and Adolescents with Psychiatric Disorders During the COVID-19 Outbreak: A Cross-Sectional Study | en |
| Type | Research Article | en |
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