ReviewChild: care, health and development2021
A rapid review of the impact of quarantine and restricted environments on children's play and the role of play in children's health.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 84 citations in OpenAlex.
- Communication to promote and support physical distancing for COVID-19 prevention and control: a rapid reviewThe Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Physical activity, sleep, dietary habits, and screen time in Bogotá's children post-pandemic lockdown: a mixed-methods study.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2026Article
- Longitudinal associations between play experiences and trajectories of preschoolers' mental health from April-July, 2020.JCPP advances · 2026Article
- Knowledge user involvement is still uncommon in published rapid reviews-a meta-research cross-sectional study.Research synthesis methods · 2025Article
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Development of Motor Skills of German 5- to 6-Year-Old Children.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Impact of play restriction during the COVID-19 pandemic on mental well-being in children with a chronic condition.European journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
- Does Play-Based Learning Support Children's Everyday Resiliency? A Cross-Case Analysis of Parents' and Kindergarten Teachers' Perceptions of Play-Based Learning as a Precedent to Young Children's Coping During the Pandemic-Affected 2020-2021 School Year.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Pandemic mothering: Mothers' experiences of adaptation and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic.Child & family social work · 2024Article
- "Ten Days of Paid Incarceration and Mental Torture" Experiences of Quarantined Individuals Arriving in the UK from Red Listed Countries in Southern Africa Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Article
- The Power of Robot-mediated Play: Forming Friendships and Expressing Identity.ACM transactions on human-robot interaction · 2023Article
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children's occupations.Hong Kong journal of occupational therapy : HKJOT · 2023Review
- Impact of social isolation during COVID-19 on anthropometric data, quality of life, baseline physical activity and aortic pulse wave parameters in children and adolescents in two independent samples.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2023Article
- Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Children's Fundamental Motor Skills: A Study for the Taiwanese Preschoolers Teachers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Play as a Stress-Coping Method Among Children in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review.Cureus · 2023Review
- Pandemic play moderates the relation between caregiver stress and child emotional distress in contexts of economic adversity.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Observational
- Protective and risk activities for emotional and behavioural well-being of children and adolescents during the COVID-19 lockdown.Child: care, health and development · 2022Article
- Investigating Children's Ability to Express Internal States through Narratives and Drawings: Two Longitudinal Studies during Pandemic.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Static and Dynamic Balance Indices among Kindergarten Children: A Short-Term Intervention Program during COVID-19 Lockdowns.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Review
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Abstract
Amidst the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there is uncertainty regarding potential lasting impacts on children's health and educational outcomes. Play, a fundamental part of childhood, may be integral to children's health during crises. We undertook a rapid review of the impact of quarantine, isolation and other restrictive environments on play and whether play mitigates adverse effects of such restrictions. Fifteen peer-reviewed studies were identified, spanning hospitals, juvenile and immigration detention and refugee camps. We found evidence of changes in children's access to play in crises and quarantine. These studies indicated how play might support children enduring isolation but lacked robust investigations of play as an intervention in mitigating impacts of restriction. Studies pertaining to children in isolation due to infectious disease outbreaks were notably absent. It is important that the potential effects of changes to such a crucial aspect of childhood are better understood to support children in this and future crises.
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