Parental psychological distress associated with COVID-19 outbreak: A large-scale multicenter survey from Turkey.

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Bıkmazer A., Kadak M. T., Görmez V., Doğan U., Aslankaya Z. D., Bakır F., ...Daha Fazla

The International journal of social psychiatry, cilt.67, sa.6, ss.696-704, 2021 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 67 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/0020764020970240
  • Dergi Adı: The International journal of social psychiatry
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, ASSIA, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, CINAHL, EMBASE, Index Islamicus, MEDLINE, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Psycinfo, Public Affairs Index, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.696-704
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: COVID 19, pandemic, mental health, parent, children, HEALTH-CARE WORKERS, RESPONSES, QUESTIONNAIRE, POPULATION, PHYSICIANS, ANXIETY, STRESS, IMPACT
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

© The Author(s) 2020.Aims: Pandemics can cause substantial psychological distress; however, we do not know the impact of the COVID-19 related lockdown and mental health burden on the parents of school age children. We aimed to comparatively examine the COVID-19 related the stress and psychological burden of the parents with different occupational, locational, and mental health status related backgrounds. Methods: A large-scale multicenter online survey was completed by the parents (n = 3,278) of children aged 6 to 18 years, parents with different occupational (health care workers—HCW [18.2%] vs. others), geographical (İstanbul [38.2%] vs. others), and psychiatric (child with a mental disorder [37.8%]) backgrounds. Results: Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that being a HCW parent (odds ratio 1.79, p <.001), a mother (odds ratio 1.67, p <.001), and a younger parent (odds ratio 0.98, p =.012); living with an adult with a chronic physical illness (odds ratio 1.38, p <.001), having an acquaintance diagnosed with COVID-19 (odds ratio 1.22, p =.043), positive psychiatric history (odds ratio 1.29, p <.001), and living with a child with moderate or high emotional distress (odds ratio 1.29, p <.001; vs. odds ratio 2.61, p <.001) were independently associated with significant parental distress. Conclusions: Parents report significant psychological distress associated with COVID-19 pandemic and further research is needed to investigate its wider impact including on the whole family unit.