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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in parents of children with type 1 diabetes during Covid-19 pandemic
- Source :
- Italian Journal of Pediatrics, Vol 47, Iss 1, Pp 1-4 (2021), Italian Journal of Pediatrics
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- BMC, 2021.
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Abstract
- Introduction The Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a group of persistent psychological and physiological symptoms due to a traumatic, severe, event. Only few studies focused on the effects of Covid-19 on psychosocial outcomes in children with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) and their parents. Aim of the study The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence PTSD in parents of children with T1D during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. Patients and methods In the period between March and May 2020 we submitted the “Impact of Event Scale – Revised” (IES-R) questionnaire to the parents of 34 children with Type 1 Diabetes, asking them to express their emotions about the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Results A total of thirty mothers (mean age 43.0 ± 4.2 years) and 25 fathers (mean age 45.6 ± 5.9 years) participated in the survey and completed the questionnaires. 29.1% of parents had a score that allows to define a clinically relevant level of PTSD; ten mothers and 6 fathers had a PTSD clinically relevant score, corresponding, respectively, to 28.4 and 24% of total mothers and fathers. Finally, mothers and fathers, both express PTSD symptoms mainly in the form of intrusion and hyperarousal. Conclusions The present study confirms a high prevalence symptoms related to PTSD in mothers and fathers of children with Type 1 Diabetes. We believe that psychosocial outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic should be taken into account in the planning of the next future assistance for children with T1D.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Mothers
Pediatrics
RJ1-570
Fight-or-flight response
Cohort Studies
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Intrusion
Fathers
Surveys and Questionnaires
Pandemic
medicine
Prevalence
Humans
Child
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Type 1 diabetes
Post-traumatic stress disorder
business.industry
SARS-CoV-2
Research
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Settore MED/38
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
Italy
Communicable Disease Control
Female
Symptom Assessment
business
Covid-19
Psychosocial
Pediatric diabetes
Clinical psychology
Cohort study
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 18247288
- Volume :
- 47
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Italian Journal of Pediatrics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....67a71a1110bd68e37979b7d46603486c