ArticleChildren and youth services review2020
The effect of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on health-related quality of life in children.
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55 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- The Potential Impact of COVID-19 on Health-Related Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Effects of COVID-19 home confinement on sleep in children: A systematic review.Sleep medicine reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Systematic review of the effects of pandemic confinements on body weight and their determinants.The British journal of nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- Impact of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on movement behaviours of children and adolescents: a systematic review.BMJ global health · 2022Pooled it
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- Impact of the COVID-19 health crisis on psychotropic drug use in children and adolescents in France.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2024Article
- Parental Involvement and Stress in Children's Quality of Life: A Longitudinal Study with Portuguese Parents during the COVID-19 Pandemic Period.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Quality of life and healthcare utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic are more restricted in chronically ill than in healthy children: a tertiary care children's hospital experience.European journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
- What our children lost and gained at the time of school closure during the Covid-19 pandemic: a study on psychological distress, behavioural concerns and protective factors of resilience among preschool children in Kerala, India.International journal for equity in health · 2024Article
- Parent-Reported Child and Parent Quality of Life during COVID-19 Testing at an Australian Paediatric Hospital Outpatient Clinic: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- The Struggle to Balance Work and Family Life During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights Based on the Situations of Working Women in Delhi.Journal of family issues · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionThe study was conducted to examine the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on health-related quality of life in children. MATERIALS AND
methodsThe study was conducted with 597 children aged 7-13 and their parents using the online data collection tool via social media. Socio-demographic form and Generic Health-related Quality of Life Questionnaire for Children (Kid-KINDL) were used to collect the data. SPSS 23.0 program, descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney
resultsDuring the pandemic, 41.5% of the parents stated that their child gained weight, tendency to sleep of 34.2% and tendency to use the Internet of 69.3% increased. The average self-reported quality of life score of the children was found to be 73.91 ± 8.44. The self-esteem sub-dimension score of the children whose tendency to sleep increased during the pandemic (p < 0.05); and the physical well-being (p < 0.001), emotional well-being (p < 0.001), self-esteem (p < 0.001), family (p < 0.01), school (p < 0.05) sub-dimensions and total (p < 0.05) score averages of the children whose tendency to use the Internet were found to be lower. The emotional well-being, family and friends sub-dimensions as well as total average scores of the children of the parents who feel fear/anxiety about coronavirus becoming a pandemic and who stated that lockdown negatively affected their mental health were found to be lower (p < 0.05).
conclusionAlthough self-reported quality of life scores of children were generally good, parents reported that their children gained weight, tendency to sleep and internet use increased during the pandemic.
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