Insights into parents' perceived worry before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia: inequality and heterogeneity of influences.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Excessive worry is an invisible disruptive force that has adverse health outcomes and may advance to other forms of disorder, such as anxiety or depression. Addressing worry and its influences is challenging yet crucial for informing public health policy.

Methods

We examined parents' worries, influences, and variability before and during COVID-19 pandemic and across geography. Parents (n = 340) and their primary school-aged children from five Australian states completed an anonymous online survey in mid-2020. After literature review, we conceptualised the influences and performed a series of regression analyses.

Results

Worry levels and the variables contributing to parents' worry varied before to during the pandemic. The proportion of parents who were "ver

SUBMITTER: Zougheibe R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10559437 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature