Pandemic life in families with health anxiety symptoms, parental perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The covid-19 pandemic has influenced children and parents worldwide. The pandemic has also been suggested to especially affect and exacerbate health anxiety (HA) symptoms in children and adolescents. However, there is limited understanding of the potential mechanisms challenges of families where parents themselves experience mental health issues such as high degree of HA symptoms.

Objective

The aim of this study was to explore parental experiences of pandemic life in families with continuously high levels of HA symptoms during the covid-19 pandemic.

Method

Six parents, identified with high levels of HA symptoms, participated in qualitative individual semi-structured interviews. Interviews were analysed according to Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis p

SUBMITTER: Dalgaard IK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11156484 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature