ArticleWorld journal of psychiatry2021
Mental health of parents of children with autism spectrum disorder during COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review.
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- Exploring the psychological impact on children and adolescents during the initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic-a systematic review.BMC psychology · 2025Pooled it
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- Research fronts and researchers ofWorld journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Experiences of caregivers of children with autism during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings · 2024Article
- Protective factors against the emotional impact of the pandemic in adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and intellectual disability (ID).Scientific reports · 2024Article
- COVID-19 Modifications in Public Home- and Community-Based Services for Children with Mental Health Needs.Administration and policy in mental health · 2024Article
- Trauma and psychosocial adversity in youth with autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Review
- Locked down-locked in: experiences of families of young children with autism spectrum disorders in Delhi, India.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Our lifestyles are back to 'normal', but is our mental health? Longitudinal assessment of psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic among Spanish adults: April 2021 to August 2022.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- The associations between child behavioral problems, parents' emotional regulation difficulties, and parental burnout among Israeli parents of children with autism during wartime.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Nurturing the Positive Mental Health of Autistic Children, Adolescents and Adults alongside That of Their Family Care-Givers: A Review of Reviews.Brain sciences · 2023Review
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- Factors associated with mental health symptoms among UK autistic children and young people and their parents during the COVID-19 pandemic.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundChildren diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may have great difficulties when their routines change, and this may affect the psychological well-being of their parents. For this reason, it is important to examine studies that address the mental health of parents in order to adapt to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
aimTo determine the mental health status of parents with children diagnosed with ASD in the COVID-19 pandemic.
methodsThe study, which is a systematic review, was conducted between December 15, 2020 and December 30, 2020 by scanning articles in English. The Scopus, Science Direct, PubMed, Cochrane, Web of Science, and Google Scholar databases were used for scanning. The keywords COVID-19 AND ("autism" OR "autistic" OR "autism spectrum disorder") AND parent AND ("mental health" OR "anxiety" OR "stress") were used in the search process. The inclusion criteria in the study were findings regarding the mental health of parents with children diagnosed with ASD in the COVID-19 pandemic, addressing their anxiety and stress situations, being a research article, and accessing the full text of the article.
resultsIn the study, a total of 6389 articles were reached, and the full texts of 173 articles were evaluated for eligibility. After the articles excluded by the full-text search were eliminated, 12 studies involving 7105 parents were included in the analysis. The findings obtained from the articles containing data on mental health in the COVID-19 pandemic of parents with children with autism spectrum disorder were discussed in three groups. These were findings on the experiences of parents with children with ASD in the COVID-19 pandemic regarding the areas where parents with children with ASD need support in the COVID-19 pandemic and methods of coping with the COVID-19 pandemic for parents with children with ASD. In the systematic review, it was determined that the anxiety and stress of the parents increased, they needed more support compared to the pre-pandemic period, and they had difficulty coping.
conclusionIn this systematic review, it was concluded that the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected the mental health of the parents of children with ASD.
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