Factors Associated with Increased or Decreased Stress Level in French Children during the First COVID-19 Lockdown.

ABSTRACT: In spring 2020, governments of many countries implemented lockdown measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Worldwide, the pandemic forced about 1.5 billion children to stay at home for several weeks and to experience homeschooling. The objective of this study was to assess the variation in stress levels and associated factors in school-aged children in France during the first COVID-19 lockdown. A cross-sectional study using an online questionnaire was designed by an interdisciplinary team involving hospital child psychiatrists and school doctors. Between 15 June and 15 July 2020, Educational Academy of Lyon (France) invited the parents of school-aged children to participate in this survey. The first part of the questionnaire concerned the children with data on lockdown con

SUBMITTER: Faucher J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10001992 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature