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AUTHOR(S) Ilargi Zaballa; Maria Merino; José Domingo Villarroel (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Serena Cesario; Consuelo Basile; Matteo Trevisan (et al.)
This study aimed to investigate the consequence of the COVID 19-related lockdown on the well-being of children with neurological and neurodevelopmental disorders and the repercussion on parental stress during the period 9 March 2020–3 May 2020. A web-based survey was shared via mail with the parents of children affected by chronic neurologic disorders and neurodevelopmental disorders in the continuity of care in two Italian tertiary centers, independently by the severity of the diseases and the required frequency of controls. For each patient, they were asked to identify a single main caregiver, among the two parents, to fill in the questionnaire. Parental stress was measured via the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). Statistical analysis was performed with IBM SPSS Statistics version 25. The differences between the clinical groups were performed with one way ANOVA. The dimensional effect of the clinical variables on outcome was evaluated by multiple linear regression analysis.
AUTHOR(S) Tyra Dark; Sitaji Gurung; Mary Dooley (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Guomin Chen; Cao Shuo; Pengrun Chen (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Larissa Karoline Dias da Silva Casemiro; Luís Carlos Lopes-Júnior; Fabrine Aguilar Jardim (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) S. Susie Lee; Melody M. Chao; Hongwei He (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Gerald T. Malabarbas; Nonie D. Saragena; Rhea Nadyn M. Francisco (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Linzy M. Pinkerton; Ashley Murphy; Ellie Bruckner (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Shaun M. Dougherty; Walter G. Ecton; Sade Bonilla (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Fides A. Del Castillo
AUTHOR(S) Kerem Coskun; Cihan Kara
AUTHOR(S) Jil Keemss; Johanna Sieland; Florian Pfab (et al.)
In March 2020, the COVID-19 outbreak led to the declaration of a pandemic. The accompanying restrictions on public life caused a change in the training routines of athletes worldwide. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of a 13-week supervised home training program on physical performance, sleep quality, and health-related quality of life in professional youth soccer players during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Germany. Eight professional soccer players (age range 16–19; height: 1.81 ± 0.07 m; body weight: 72.05 ± 6.96 kg) from a Bundesliga team in Germany participated in this study. During the lockdown, they trained 5–6 days per week with home-based training plans and were monitored via tracking apps and video training. To determine the effects of home training, measurements were taken before (March 2020) and after (June 2020) the home training period. Bioelectrical impedance analysis was used to determine body composition, and an isokinetic strength test and a treadmill step test, including lactate measurements, were used to measure physical performance. Two questionnaires were responded to in order to assess health-related quality of life [Short-Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36)] and sleep quality (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index).
AUTHOR(S) Zülfikar Akelma; Sema Çetin; Nevzat Başkaya (et al.)
A few studies have already investigated preschool children with asthma during the pandemic. The purpose of this research was to investigate how preschool children with asthma were affected by the precautionary measures adopted during the pandemic. Preschool children with asthma aged 18–60 months evaluated in our clinic in March–May 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic, were included in the study. The lockdown continued during March, April, and May 2020. The questionnaires and asthma symptom control tests for preschool children with asthma in 2019 and 2020 were then evaluated.
AUTHOR(S) Corinne A. Riddell; Krista Neumann; N. Jeanie Santaularia (et al.)
The COVID-19 pandemic has created environments with increased risk factors for household violence, such as unemployment and financial uncertainty. At the same time, it led to the introduction of policies to mitigate financial uncertainty. Further, it hindered traditional measurements of household violence. Using an infoveillance approach, our goal was to determine if there were excess Google searches related to exposure to child abuse, intimate partner violence (IPV), and child-witnessed IPV during the COVID-19 pandemic and if any excesses are temporally related to shelter-in-place and economic policies.
AUTHOR(S) Humaira Jamshed; Jamshed Arslan
Negative emotions, such as the feeling of loneliness, are significantly associated with emotional eating. As a coping mechanism to regulate and reduce negative emotions, adolescents and young adults are found to lose control and binge. The global pandemic and enforced lockdowns have imposed psychological changes, depressive symptoms, and perceived stress. COVID-19 has led to psychiatric morbidity and dietary changes in youth. This study was designed to see if the feeling of loneliness and emotional eating is associated with contraction COVID-19. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using internationally validated questionnaires such as the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ), UCLA loneliness scale, Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). An online survey comprised of these questionnaires and the history of diagnosed COVID-positive contractions was administered among undergraduate and graduate students in Karachi, Pakistan.
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