Social-emotional and Behavioural Problems of Healthcare Workers During the Outbreak

Marmara University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Emotional Disorder of Childhood

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA) questionnaire; Diagnostic Test: Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) questionnaire; Diagnostic Test: Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) questionnaire; Diagnostic Test: Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire (BISQ) questionnaire

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05823831

2020.10.2

Details and patient eligibility

About

Healthcare worker mothers had to leave their children with their relatives out the fear of contagion and isolated themselves. The investigators aimed to explore the sleep, socioemotional and behavioural problems of children of healthcare workers; assess the psychological distress of mothers and their social support during the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus pandemic, and compare them with age-matched children and their mothers from other occupations.

Full description

Healthcare worker mothers had to leave their children with their relatives out the fear of contagion and isolated themselves. The investigators aimed to explore the sleep, socioemotional and behavioural problems of children of healthcare workers; assess the psychological distress of mothers and their social support during the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus pandemic, and compare them with age-matched children and their mothers from other occupations.

A case-control study design was applied, and a snowball approach was used to enrol volunteered participants aged between 6 to 36 months of age, through a Google survey. The investigators used Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire and the Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment questionnaire to assess children's sleep and socioemotional and behavioural problems respectively. A Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support and a Brief Symptom Inventory were used to evaluate the social support and psychological distress of mothers.

Enrollment: 600 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 36 months old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All women having children aged between 6 to 36 months of age,
• Parental Education above university level,

Exclusion criteria

• Out of age range,
• Parental Education below university level
• Didn't read the informed consent form and tick the mandatory consent box

Trial design

600 participants in 2 patient groups

Healthcare workers group

Description:

Children of healthcare worker mothers were grouped as the Healthcare workers group. Doctors, nurses, and paramedics are considered as healthcare workers.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) questionnaire

Diagnostic Test: Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire (BISQ) questionnaire

Diagnostic Test: Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) questionnaire

Diagnostic Test: Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA) questionnaire

Non-healthcare worker group

Description:

Children of mothers from other occupations were grouped as Non-healthcare workers group

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) questionnaire

Diagnostic Test: Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire (BISQ) questionnaire

Diagnostic Test: Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) questionnaire

Diagnostic Test: Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA) questionnaire