Distress Levels of Parents of Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparison between Italy and Australia

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作者
Burnett, Dayle [1 ]
Masi, Anne [2 ]
Mendoza Diaz, Antonio [2 ,3 ,4 ]
Rizzo, Renata [5 ]
Lin, Ping-, I [2 ,6 ]
Eapen, Valsamma [2 ,3 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Uppsala Univ, Dept Womens & Childrens Hlth, S-75236 Uppsala, Sweden
[2] Univ New South Wales, Sch Psychiat, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia
[3] South Western Sydney Local Hlth Dist & Ingham Ins, Acad Unit Child Psychiat, Sydney, NSW 2170, Australia
[4] Ingham Inst, Sydney, NSW 2170, Australia
[5] Univ Catania, Dept Clin & Expt Med, I-95124 Catania, Italy
[6] South Western Sydney Local Hlth Dist, Mental Hlth Res Unit, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia
关键词
COVID-19; pandemic; parental distress; neurodevelopmental disorder; BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATIONS; DISABILITY; MOTHERS; STRESS; HEALTH;
D O I
10.3390/ijerph182111066
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X [环境科学、安全科学];
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08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Parents of children with a neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD) report higher levels of distress compared to those of typically developing children. Distress levels may be heightened by the restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it is unclear whether distress levels of parents varied by the diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorder in children during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to investigate whether parental distress was influenced by the type of NDD. Participants were from Australia (N = 196) and Italy (N = 200); the parents of children aged 3-18 were invited to complete an online self-reported survey which included the 6-item Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6) to determine parental distress. The results show that intellectual or learning disorder (ILD) is a major contributor to parental distress compared to other NDDs in both Australia and Italy. Moreover, the worsening of symptomatic changes in children with NDDs was significantly associated with parental distress. The differences between the two countries in terms of the pandemic impact, however, were not statistically significant. The results suggest that intervention strategies need to be tailored for individual clinical information and factor in the society's stringency level of anti-contagion policies to improve parental wellbeing.
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