Psychological effects of COVID-19 outbreak on mental health in parents of children with hematopathy
L. Wan, Q. Zheng School of Criminal Law, East China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai, China. 2021170084@ecupl.edu.cn
OBJECTIVE: We explored whether parents of children with hematopathy had more psychosocial problems than parents of healthy children during the COVID-19 outbreak.
SUBJECTS AND METHODS: An online survey was performed, and a total of 1,116 parents participated. The mental health variables were assessed via the Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ) and the Symptom Checklist-Revised (SCL-90-R).
RESULTS: Compared with parents of healthy children, parents of children with hematopathy have a higher possibility of negative coping style (70.9% vs. 33.2%, p=0.01) and are more concerned with media reports related to the pandemic (37.8% vs. 17.6%, p=0.02). In SCL-90-R somatization, obsessive-compulsive, and anxiety scale, the parents of children with hematopathy have higher scores than parents of healthy children (12.50±1.69 vs. 12.23±1.37, p<0.01; 13.42±6.69 vs. 10.47±2.25, p<0.01; 15.21±5.53 vs. 10.52±2.34, p<0.01, respectively). History of visiting Wuhan, and history of epidemics occurring in the community are independent risk factors of parental obsessive-compulsive and anxiety symptoms (p<0.01).
CONCLUSIONS: Parents of children with hematopathy had evident severe symptoms of obsessive-compulsive and anxiety during the outbreak of COVID-19. Providing psychological interventions and beneficial approaches to parents of children with hematopathy urgently needs to be realized.
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L. Wan, Q. Zheng
Psychological effects of COVID-19 outbreak on mental health in parents of children with hematopathy
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci
Year: 2023
Vol. 27 - N. 24
Pages: 11780-11785
DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202312_34776