Spending Time with Mothers as a Resource for Children with Chronic Diseases: A Comparison of Asthma, Type 1 Diabetes, and Cancer during COVID-19 Pandemic.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
; 19(21)2022 Oct 29.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2090177
ABSTRACT
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many families had to manage new difficulties, especially those of chronically ill children. More and more research has focused on the negative effects of the pandemic on psychological wellbeing, while less is known about the resources. The present study aimed to explore the role of time spent with mothers in chronically ill children's populations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, it explored the differences in mothers' and children's psychosocial functioning in three clinical populations. Four groups were recruited and compared 7-15 year old children with asthma (45), type 1 diabetes (52), and cancer (33), as well as their healthy counterparts (41), and their respective mothers. They were administered standardized questionnaires and ad hoc surveys assessing psychological wellbeing and worries. Children of the four groups scored significantly differently with respect to the concerns for contagion, internalizing symptoms, and prosocial behaviors; mothers had worries about the consequences of their children's contagion related to the chronic illness, as well as time with the child. The multiple linear regression model showed an association of being affected by cancer, suffering from type 1 diabetes, and spending less time with the child with an increase in children's internalizing problems. Time with mothers seemed to be a resource for psychological wellbeing during the pandemic. Clinical implications are discussed.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Asthma
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
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COVID-19
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Neoplasms
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Ijerph192114126
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