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Objectives: The aim of this study is to reveal how pediatrics residents' anxiety levels and their approaches to children have been shaped during unexpected experience of COVID-19 outbreak and to evaluate the effects of working in pandemic clinics on anxiety. Materials and Methods: This study was planned as a cross-sectional study. Pediatrics residents working in Izmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital Pediatrics Education Clinic were contacted and asked whether they wanted to fill the prepared electronic questionnaire. The information including informed volunteer consent form and questionnaires was sent to the acceptors via e-mail/Whatsapp. The socio-demographic data form and Spielberger State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-S and STAI-T) were sent to the participants.
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Objectives: Our study aimed to evaluate the eating patterns of children as well as parental anxiety on virus transmission along with associated factors in the first month of the Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and to compare the results to pre-epidemic patterns. Materials and Methods: This study was planned as a multi-center (n=8), cross-sectional study. Informed consent forms and questionnaires were sent to the parents of the children between the ages of 6 and 18 years who applied to the study centers and accepted study participation via e-mail or instant messaging applications.