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AUTHOR(S) Fatma Kurudirek; Duygu Arıkan; Sümeyye Ekici
AUTHOR(S) Abdullah Solmaz; Hülya Karataş; Tuğba Meliha Fatma Ercan (et al.)
Children may be greatly affected by events that increase stress in individuals in general and are reported as the vulnerable groups during the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic. But most of the studies in the literature investigating the mental effects of the pandemic on children were conducted with healthy children and limited study has evaluated the effect on children diagnosed with COVID-19. The aim of this study is to determine the anxiety level in paediatric patients diagnosed with COVID-19 and the affecting factors. This descriptive study was conducted with 292 children aged 8–18 years who were diagnosed with COVID-19. Data were collected using the Descriptive Characteristics Questionnaire and the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED). Interviews were held by phone.
AUTHOR(S) Özlem Erten; İsmail Biyik; Cenk Soysal (et al.)
Postpartum depression and maternal-infant attachment scores were examined in uninfected women during the COVID 19 pandemic in Kutahya, a rural province in Turkey's North Aegean region. This cohort study was conducted in the Kutahya Health Sciences University Hospital obstetrics unit between April 2021 and August 2021. 178 low-risk term pregnant women who gave birth were given the surveys Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale and Mother-to-Infant Bonding Scale (MIBQ) 6 weeks after birth. The Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale was used to determine postpartum depression and the Mother-to-Infant Bonding Scale was used to determine maternal attachment.
AUTHOR(S) Özlem Akgün; Gülşah Kavrul Kayaalp; Fatma Gül Demirkan (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Zeynep Tüzün; Koray Başar; Sinem Akgül (et al.)
Gender-affirming and supportive relations for transgender youth are considered protective in terms of mental health. This study aims to describe how transgender youth perceived changes in their gender expression, in the course of the gender-affirming path, and the effect of social connectedness and social support on depression and anxiety during the pandemic. In this cross-sectional study, transgender youth completed an online survey developed to evaluate the perceived changes in gender expression and affirmation path that occurred during COVID-19 and the age-stratified lockdown.
AUTHOR(S) Gulden Bozkus-Genc; Sunagul Sani-Bozkurt
Considering the fact that family members necessarily spend more time together during the pandemic, this study aims to reveal the perceptions of parents with children who have autism spectrum disorder of the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey and their experiences of the difficulties during the pandemic. A qualitative phenomenology design was used in the study. Seven mothers and one father gave their consent and participated in the study. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed using content analysis.
AUTHOR(S) Sedat Yazıcı; Birgül Koçak Oksev; Pınar Çelebi Demirarslan (et al.)
The Covid-19 pandemic has shown that people with disabilities are the most vulnerable, neglected and discriminated individuals at times of emergency. National and international studies are needed to understand the extent to which the general well-being, quality of life, and positive and negative behaviors of children with ASD are affected during the pandemic. This study explores the impact of Covid-19 on the typical behaviors of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) by focusing on quantitative observation findings obtained from their parents and caregivers. In order to explore the effects of three months of pandemic restrictions during the initial period, 103 parents and caregivers were asked to describe significant behavior changes in their children with ASD comparing before and during the pandemic period.
AUTHOR(S) Selim Gundogan
AUTHOR(S) Meryem Türkan Isik; Rana Can Özdemır; Elif Karadeniz (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Burcu Ozbaran; Furkan Turer; Hazal Y. Yilancioglu (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Tülay Kamaşak; Murat Topbaş; Nalan Ozen
This study aimed to examine the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lifestyle, habits, and behavioral differences in children, and their changing internet use habits. The research was planned as a cross-sectional study involving 4892 children aged 8 to 17 years attending schools in the city center of Trabzon, Turkey. Children’s daily living activities, social habits, mood and temperament changes, and internet use were investigated before and during the pandemic. In terms of problematic internet use, internet addiction rates were evaluated using the validated Turkish-language version of the Parent-Child Internet Addiction Scale (PCIAT-20).
AUTHOR(S) Ayşe Duran; Esra Ömeroğlu
AUTHOR(S) Zeliha Özlü-Erkilic; Oswald D. Kothgassner; Thomas Wenzel (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Çiğdem Haser; Oğuzhan Doğan; Gönül Kurt Erhan (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) S. Çelika; G. Tomris; D. M. Tuna
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