Global prevalence of physical and psychological child abuse during COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Child Abuse Negl
; 135: 105984, 2023 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2149476
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
With the onset of COVID-19, most countries issued lockdowns to prevent the spread of the virus globally and child abuse was concerned under such a closed circumstance.OBJECTIVE:
This study aims to estimate the prevalence of physical and psychological child abuse during COVID-19 and moderating variables for those abuses. PARTICIPANTS ANDSETTING:
The rates of child abuse reported in 10 studies encompassing 14,360 children were used, which were gathered through a systematic review.METHODS:
We reviewed previous studies systematically for the appropriate data and conducted a meta-analysis.RESULTS:
The prevalence of physical child abuse is estimated at 18 % and that of psychological abuse is estimated at 39 %. Regarding the unemployment rate, it reveals a high correlation with physical abuse (b = 0.09; p < 0.05) but not with psychological one (b = 0.03; no. sig).CONCLUSIONS:
To prevent child abuse during the pandemic, it is suggested to minimize COVID-19-related economic damage to families and explore factors for reducing the gap between low and high-income countries.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Child Abuse
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Reviews
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Systematic review/Meta Analysis
Limits:
Child
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Child Abuse Negl
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.chiabu.2022.105984
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