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Parental psychological distress associated with COVID-19 outbreak: A large-scale multicenter survey from Turkey

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  • Alperen Bıkmazer
  • Muhammed Tayyib Kadak
  • Vahdet Görmez
  • UÄŸur DoÄŸan
  • Zeynep Dilara Aslankaya
  • Fulya Bakır
  • Mahmut Cem TarakçıoÄŸlu
  • Ä°lyas Kaya
  • Yusuf Yasin Gümüş
  • Ä°brahim Selçuk Esin
  • Ali KarayaÄŸmurlu
  • Ä°brahim Adak
  • Ferhat Yaylacı
  • Barış Güller
  • YaÅŸar Tanır
  • Zehra Koyuncu
  • Nihal Serdengeçti
  • ÇaÄŸatay ErmiÅŸ
  • Gül Bilgin Kaçmaz
  • Hatice GülÅŸen
  • Hicran DoÄŸru
  • Mohammed Al Bayati
  • Büşra ÃœstündaÄŸ
  • Enes Gökler
  • Gonca Özyurt
  • Burak Baykara
  • Özalp Ekinci
  • Åžaziye Senem BaÅŸgül
  • Aynur Görmez
  • Neslihan Ä°nal EmiroÄŸlu
  • Hakan Türkçapar
  • Mücahit Öztürk

Abstract

Aims Pandemics can cause substantial psychological distress; however, we do not know the impact of the COVID-19 related lockdown and mental health burden on the parents of school age children. We aimed to comparatively examine the COVID-19 related the stress and psychological burden of the parents with different occupational, locational, and mental health status related backgrounds. Methods A large-scale multicenter online survey was completed by the parents ( n  = 3,278) of children aged 6 to 18 years, parents with different occupational (health care workers—HCW [18.2%] vs. others), geographical (İstanbul [38.2%] vs. others), and psychiatric (child with a mental disorder [37.8%]) backgrounds. Results Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that being a HCW parent (odds ratio 1.79, p  

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  • Alperen Bıkmazer & Muhammed Tayyib Kadak & Vahdet Görmez & UÄŸur DoÄŸan & Zeynep Dilara Aslankaya & Fulya Bakır & Mahmut Cem TarakçıoÄŸlu & Ä°lyas Kaya & Yusuf Yasin Gümüş & Ä°brahim Selçuk E, 2021. "Parental psychological distress associated with COVID-19 outbreak: A large-scale multicenter survey from Turkey," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 67(6), pages 696-704, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:67:y:2021:i:6:p:696-704
    DOI: 10.1177/0020764020970240
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    1. Eid G. Abo Hamza & Yasmeen G. Elsantil, 2023. "Impact of Parents’ Stress on Engagement with Online Learning during COVID-19," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(14), pages 1-14, July.

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