Developmental Milestone Attainment in US Children Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the lives of young children, but the association between the pandemic and any changes in early childhood developmental milestone achievement in the US remains unclear.

Objectives

To determine the association between the COVID-19 pandemic and changes in developmental screening scores among US children aged 0 to 5 years and to investigate whether caregivers self-reported more worries about their children or concerns about children's behavior during the pandemic, regardless of milestone achievement.

Design, setting, and participants

This was a cohort study using an interrupted time series analysis comparing prepandemic (March 1, 2018, to February 29, 2020), interruption (March 1 to May 31, 2020), and intr

SUBMITTER: Johnson SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11036311 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature