COVID-19 Pandemisi ve Koruyucu Tedbirlerin Çocukların Ruh Sağlığı Üzerindeki Etkisi

Öz

Amaç: Dünya Sağlık Örgütü, yeni Koronavirüs hastalığını (COVID-19) Mart 2020'de pandemi olarak ilan etti. Bu çalışmanın amacı, COVID-19 pandemisinin çocukların ruh sağlığı üzerindeki etkilerini değerlendirmektir.

Materyal ve Metot: Ebeveynlerin ve çocuklarının koruma kurallarına uyup uymadıklarını belirlemek için katılımcılara bir anket ve Gözden Geçirilmiş Çocukluk Kaygı ve Depresyon Ölçeği - Ebeveyn Formu uygulandı. Ayrıca pandemi ile ilgili haber alma yöntemleri ve korunma yöntemleri de değerlendirildi. Katılımcılar, COVID-19'un şüpheli semptomları olan ve olmayanlar olarak iki gruba ayrıldı.

Bulgular: Kişisel hijyen düzeyleri ile sosyal fobi puanı ve toplam kaygı puanı arasında negatif korelasyon saptandı (p<0.05). Yaygın anksiyete bozukluğu puanları ile koruyucu ekipman kullanım çeşitliliği arasında negatif bir ilişki gözlendi (p<0.05). Panik bozukluk ve obsesif kompulsif bozukluk puanları, katılımcıların izolasyon durumu ile negatif ilişkiliydi (p<0.05).

Sonuç: Kişisel koruyucu ekipman kullanımı, kişisel hijyen kurallarına uyulması ve ebeveynlerin izolasyon önlemlerine uyulması, çocuklarının ruh sağlığına olumlu katkıda bulunur. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Çocuk
• Covid-19
• ruh sağlığı
• koruyucu tedbirler

The Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic and Associated Protective Procedures on Children's Mental Health

Abstract

Objective: World Health Organization declared the novel Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a pandemic in March 2020. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on children’s mental health.

Materials and Methods: Revised Childhood Anxiety and Depression Scale - The Parent Form was applied to the participants to determine the compliance of parents and children with protection rules. In addition, the methods of getting news and protection methods about the pandemic were evaluated. Participants were divided into two groups as those with and without suspicious symptoms of COVID-19.

Results: Personal hygiene levels were found to be negatively correlated with social phobia score and total anxiety score (p<0.05). A negative correlation was observed between generalized anxiety disorder scores and the variety of use of protective equipments (p<0.05). Panic disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder scores were negatively associated with the isolation status of participants (p<0.05).

Conclusion: The use of personal protective equipment, following the personal hygiene rules and compliance to the isolation measures of the parents have a positive effect on their children's mental health.   

Keywords

• children
• covid-19
• mental health
• protective procedures

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