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.
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.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
600
Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA) questionnaire was used to assess children's social-emotional development.
A brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire (BISQ) was used to assess children's sleep.
A Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) questionnaire was used to evaluate maternal social support.
Marmara University
Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)
Social-emotional and behavioural problems of healthcare workers children
The study was planned based on the hypothesis that children of healthcare workers experienced more socioemotional and behavioural problems than children of mothers from other occupations during the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus pandemic. The investigators aimed to explore Social-emotional and behavioural problems of healthcare workers by using Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA) questionnaire, and compare them with age-matched peers and their mothers from other occupations.
Time frame: Baseline
Sleep problems of healthcare workers children
The investigators aimed to explore Sleep problems of healthcare workers by using Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire (BISQ) questionnaire, and compare them with age-matched peers and their mothers from other occupations.
Time frame: Baseline
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A brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) questionnaire was used to evaluate psychological distress.