Clinical trial NCT05823831: Social-emotional and Behavioural Problems of Healthcare Workers During the Outbreak
Official title: Social-emotional and Behavioural Problems of Healthcare Workers' Young Children During the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus Outbreak: a Case-control Study
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Emotional Disorder of Childhood
Keywords: Toddlers
Pandemic
Healthcare workers
Socioemotional development
Sleep
Lead sponsor: Marmara University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-04-21
Enrollment: 600
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 6
Maximum age (years): 36
Standard ages: CHILD
Observational model: CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: All women having children aged between 6 to 36 months of age

Brief summary: 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.

Detailed 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.

Eligibility criteria: 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

Primary outcomes:
measure: Social-emotional and behavioural problems of healthcare workers children
timeFrame: Baseline
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Sleep problems of healthcare workers children
timeFrame: Baseline
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Marmara University
Study officials:
affiliation: Marmara University
name: Mahmut Caner Us, M.D.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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