Psychological Burden during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Female Caregivers of Preterm versus Term Born Children
Background: during the COVID-19 pandemic, psychological burden increased. Contact restrictions were predominantly stressful for families. Parenthood was reported to be especially challenging for parents of preterm children. Material and Methods: a cross-sectional online-based survey on the psycholog...
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| author | Maire Brasseler Madeleine Fink Barbara Mitschdörfer Margarete Reimann Eva-Maria Skoda Alexander Bäuerle Martin Teufel Ursula Felderhoff-Müser Britta Hüning |
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| description | Background: during the COVID-19 pandemic, psychological burden increased. Contact restrictions were predominantly stressful for families. Parenthood was reported to be especially challenging for parents of preterm children. Material and Methods: a cross-sectional online-based survey on the psychological burden of parents of preterm and full-term born infants and toddlers during the second lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany was offered by social media, webpages, etc. Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2), COVID-19 Anxiety (C-19-A), COVID-19-related child protection behavior (PB) were used. Results: 2742 parents—predominantly females—took part in the study, 2025 parents of full-term and 717 parents of preterm born children. Female caregivers of full-term children reported significantly more depression symptoms than those of preterm children during the second lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic. The PB correlated with increased COVID-19 anxiety as well as with increased generalized anxiety and depression symptoms. Female caregivers of preterm children showed significantly more protection behavior than those of full-term born children. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-914c89e6d75e45d8822fd79d83a83a612023-11-18T00:54:53ZengMDPI AGChildren2227-90672023-04-0110578710.3390/children10050787Psychological Burden during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Female Caregivers of Preterm versus Term Born ChildrenMaire Brasseler0Madeleine Fink1Barbara Mitschdörfer2Margarete Reimann3Eva-Maria Skoda4Alexander Bäuerle5Martin Teufel6Ursula Felderhoff-Müser7Britta Hüning8University Hospital Essen, Department of Paediatric I, Neonatology, Paediatric Intensive Care, Pediatric Neurology, University Duisburg-Essen, 45122 Essen, GermanyCentre for Translational Neuro- and Behavioral Sciences, C-TNBS, Faculty of Medicine, University Duisburg-Essen, 45122 Essen, GermanyBundesverband “Das frühgeborene Kind e.V.”, 60598 Frankfurt am Main, GermanyUniversity Hospital Essen, Department of Paediatric I, Neonatology, Paediatric Intensive Care, Pediatric Neurology, University Duisburg-Essen, 45122 Essen, GermanyCentre for Translational Neuro- and Behavioral Sciences, C-TNBS, Faculty of Medicine, University Duisburg-Essen, 45122 Essen, GermanyCentre for Translational Neuro- and Behavioral Sciences, C-TNBS, Faculty of Medicine, University Duisburg-Essen, 45122 Essen, GermanyCentre for Translational Neuro- and Behavioral Sciences, C-TNBS, Faculty of Medicine, University Duisburg-Essen, 45122 Essen, GermanyUniversity Hospital Essen, Department of Paediatric I, Neonatology, Paediatric Intensive Care, Pediatric Neurology, University Duisburg-Essen, 45122 Essen, GermanyUniversity Hospital Essen, Department of Paediatric I, Neonatology, Paediatric Intensive Care, Pediatric Neurology, University Duisburg-Essen, 45122 Essen, GermanyBackground: during the COVID-19 pandemic, psychological burden increased. Contact restrictions were predominantly stressful for families. Parenthood was reported to be especially challenging for parents of preterm children. Material and Methods: a cross-sectional online-based survey on the psychological burden of parents of preterm and full-term born infants and toddlers during the second lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany was offered by social media, webpages, etc. Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2), COVID-19 Anxiety (C-19-A), COVID-19-related child protection behavior (PB) were used. Results: 2742 parents—predominantly females—took part in the study, 2025 parents of full-term and 717 parents of preterm born children. Female caregivers of full-term children reported significantly more depression symptoms than those of preterm children during the second lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic. The PB correlated with increased COVID-19 anxiety as well as with increased generalized anxiety and depression symptoms. Female caregivers of preterm children showed significantly more protection behavior than those of full-term born children.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/10/5/787pretermCOVID-19anxietydepressionpandemicprotection behavior |
| spellingShingle | Maire Brasseler Madeleine Fink Barbara Mitschdörfer Margarete Reimann Eva-Maria Skoda Alexander Bäuerle Martin Teufel Ursula Felderhoff-Müser Britta Hüning Psychological Burden during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Female Caregivers of Preterm versus Term Born Children Children preterm COVID-19 anxiety depression pandemic protection behavior |
| title | Psychological Burden during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Female Caregivers of Preterm versus Term Born Children |
| title_full | Psychological Burden during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Female Caregivers of Preterm versus Term Born Children |
| title_fullStr | Psychological Burden during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Female Caregivers of Preterm versus Term Born Children |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychological Burden during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Female Caregivers of Preterm versus Term Born Children |
| title_short | Psychological Burden during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Female Caregivers of Preterm versus Term Born Children |
| title_sort | psychological burden during the covid 19 pandemic in female caregivers of preterm versus term born children |
| topic | preterm COVID-19 anxiety depression pandemic protection behavior |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/10/5/787 |
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