NDLI: The relationship between 2019-nCoV and psychological distress among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder

Content Provider	Springer Nature : BioMed Central
Author	Wang, Luxi Li, Dexin Pan, Shixu Zhai, Jinhe Xia, Wei Sun, Caihong Zou, Mingyang
Abstract	Objectives The psychological distress caused by COVID-19 may be pronounced among the parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study aimed to investigate psychological distress among parents of children with ASD during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods A total of 1764 parents of children with ASD and 4962 parents of typically developing (TD) children were recruited. The participants completed an online survey which contained demographic information, the impact due to COVID-19 crisis, resilience, coping styles, anxiety and depression. Hierarchical linear regression was used to assess the contributions of these variables to anxiety and depression. Results After adjusting for demographic variables, the following factors were associated with parents’ anxiety and depression symptoms: (i) Whether or not the participants had a child with ASD; (ii) resilience; (iii) coping strategies, and; (iv) the impact due to COVID-19. Among these, the psychological stress caused by COVID-19 played the most important role in parental anxiety (β = 0.353) and depression (β = 0.242) symptoms. Parents of children with ASD had lower levels of resilience and positive coping, and used more negative coping strategies than parents of TD children. Among all participants, 8.0 and 24.2% of parents had symptoms of anxiety and depression, respectively. Compared to parents of TD children, more parents of children with ASD exhibited symptoms of anxiety and depression (12.2% vs. 6.6%; 31.0% vs. 21.7%, respectively). Conclusions During the COVID-19 pandemic, parents experienced varying levels of anxiety and depression, particularly, parents of children with ASD. More specific attention should be paid to parental mental health and long-term effective intervention programs, that are targeted towards parents of children with ASD, and such programs should be promoted around China in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.
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ISSN	17448603
DOI	10.1186/s12992-021-00674-8
Journal	Globalization and Health
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	17
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2021-02-25
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Public Health Development Economics Social Policy Quality of Life Research Epidemiology Health Services Research Autism spectrum disorder 2019 novel coronavirus disease Parents Anxiety Depression
Content Type	Text
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Subject	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Health Policy
Journal Impact Factor	5.9/2023
5-Year Journal Impact Factor	6.7/2023

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