Psychological Burden during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Female Caregivers of Preterm versus Term Born Children

during the COVID-19 pandemic, psychological burden increased. Contact restrictions were predominantly stressful for families. Parenthood was reported to be especially challenging for parents of preterm children. a cross-sectional online-based survey on the psychological burden of parents of preterm...

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Published in:Children (Basel) 2023-04, Vol.10 (5), p.787
Main Authors: Brasseler, Maire, Fink, Madeleine, Mitschdörfer, Barbara, Reimann, Margarete, Skoda, Eva-Maria, Bäuerle, Alexander, Teufel, Martin, Felderhoff-Müser, Ursula, Hüning, Britta
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety
Automobile industry
Caregivers
Child psychopathology
Child welfare
Children & youth
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Data analysis
depression
Education
Families & family life
Fear & phobias
Gestational age
Likert scale
Marital status
Mental depression
Mental disorders
Mental health
Newborn babies
pandemic
Pandemics
Parenting
Parents & parenting
Pediatrics
Premature babies
Premature birth
preterm
protection behavior
Questionnaires
Social distancing
Social networks
Stress
Surveys
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Summary:during the COVID-19 pandemic, psychological burden increased. Contact restrictions were predominantly stressful for families. Parenthood was reported to be especially challenging for parents of preterm children. a cross-sectional online-based survey on the psychological burden of parents of preterm and full-term born infants and toddlers during the second lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany was offered by social media, webpages, etc. Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2), COVID-19 Anxiety (C-19-A), COVID-19-related child protection behavior (PB) were used. 2742 parents-predominantly females-took part in the study, 2025 parents of full-term and 717 parents of preterm born children. Female caregivers of full-term children reported significantly more depression symptoms than those of preterm children during the second lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic. The PB correlated with increased COVID-19 anxiety as well as with increased generalized anxiety and depression symptoms. Female caregivers of preterm children showed significantly more protection behavior than those of full-term born children.
ISSN:2227-9067
2227-9067
DOI:10.3390/children10050787