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AUTHOR(S) Ramya Pandi; Aradhya Korapati; Kanta Kumari (et al.)
The outbreak of COVID-19 appeared first in China and then, rapidly, spread to the rest of the world, and WHO declared it as a pandemic.A nation-wide closure of educational institutions was implemented as an emergency measure in India in March 2020. Meanwhile the traditional classroom instructions were replaced by online classes and home-based learning. Pandemic stressors such as boredom, being in isolation, one of the family members hospitalized/ succumbed to covid, etc, may have even more negative impact on children’s behaviour and emotions. Objectives were to study the impact of covid 19 pandemic on psychosocial, educational and behavioral aspects of children. The current study was a questionnaire based cross-sectional survey conducted among the parents attending paediatric OPD in NRI general and superspeciality hospital, Mangalagiri, between September 2021 to December 2021 over a period of 70 day along with their children of age group between 3 years to 18 years with an aim to explore various psychosocial, educational and behavioral aspects of children and their correlation.
AUTHOR(S) Mathilde Berard; Marianne Peries; Julie Loubersac (et al.)
The COVID-19 pandemic may affect the screen time of children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). This study aimed to examine the screen time of children and adolescents with ASD during a discrete lockdown period in France and identify risk factors for excessive screen time. The study sample consisted of 249 ASD subjects, 3–17 years of age, enrolled in the ELENA cohort. Information about the screen time was collected using the COVID-19 questionnaire specially created for this study. The clinical, socio-demographic and familial characteristics were collected from the last ELENA follow-up visit.
AUTHOR(S) Lauren Davis; Alexandra Aylward
AUTHOR(S) Gowda Parameshwara Prashanth
AUTHOR(S) Aileen Hanley; Jennifer E. Symonds; Jacqueline Horana
AUTHOR(S) S. Çimke; D. Yildirim Gürkan
AUTHOR(S) Noreen Maqbool Bokhari; Mubashir Zafar; Muhammad Maaz Arif (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Emmanuela Rocca; Roberto Burro; Marco Carradore (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Hamid Reza Mokhtarinia; Maryam Heydari Torkamani; Ozra Farmani (et al.)
Smartphone use has increased significantly, especially during the period of global pandemic caused by the novel SARS-CoV2 coronavirus (COVID-19). Concurrently, smartphone addiction is a growing social problem in children and adolescents with the consequence of adverse health outcomes. This study assessed the prevalence of smartphone addiction, patterns of use, and the experienced body-region discomfort among Iranian school students during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional study with students from grades 1–9 recruited n = 585 participants (mean age = 14.49 (2.26 years); female = 65.8%). Data were collected from parents and students through the online 'Smartphone addiction scale-short version’ (SAS-SV), self-reported demographic questionnaires, and extracts of the Nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire for the evaluation of musculoskeletal disorders.
AUTHOR(S) Wala’a Etawi
The study examined the level of services for cerebral palsy (CP) centers in Jordan from parents’ viewpoint during the Corona pandemic. It also examined if there are any differences due to the sex and age of the child with CP. The study sample consisted of 50 parents of children with CP and used a scale for services level of CP centers to collect study data. The results indicated that the level of services during the Corona pandemic was generally moderate. In addition, there were statistically significant differences in the services level due to the sex favor to females, and there were no differences due to the age.
AUTHOR(S) Anna Taddio; James Morrison; Molly Yang (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Mir M. Ali; Kristina D. West; Erin Bagalman (et al.)
This study examined telepsychiatry use among children enrolled in Medicaid before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. A retrospective analysis was conducted of claims data from the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System for children (ages 3–17) with any mental health service use in 2019 (N=5,606,555) and 2020 (N=5,094,446).
AUTHOR(S) Stephanie R. Lebby; Amanda Myers; Andrew R. Bohm (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Alexandra Bochaver; Aleksei Korneev; Ángel Lagarda (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Shin Ling Wu; Pei Jun Woo; Chin Choo Yap (et al.)
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