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How Did Italian Adolescents with Disability and Parents Deal with the COVID-19 Emergency?

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 emergency has imposed distanced education and has interrupted most rehabilitation services. Adolescents with disabilities have been isolated, and the burden on their families has been exacerbated. A cross-sectional survey was administered to adolescents with disability and to parents of disabled children to describe their experience during lockdown and their concerns or expectations about rehabilitation. A sample of 53 adolescents and 239 parents completed the survey. Adolescents were ages 13-18 years old (45.3% female). Most parents were between 35 and 55 years old (84.9% female). While 53.6% of the parents reported no positive effects of the lockdown, 92.5% of the adolescents expressed favorable consequences. The increased time spent with family members was judged positively by 27.2% of parents and by 64.2% of adolescents. Concern for their child's disability was expressed by 47.3% of parents, while 73.6% of adolescents expressed concerns regarding the ban on meeting friends. In both groups, anxiety symptoms were correlated with the fear of contracting COVID-19 and with financial problems. Parents would have liked even more remote support from school and healthcare professionals, which was available for most participants. Thus, socioeconomic support, assistive technology and telerehabilitation strategies might help families with disabilities during a lockdown.

SUBMITTER: Faccioli S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7916390 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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How Did Italian Adolescents with Disability and Parents Deal with the COVID-19 Emergency?

Faccioli Silvia S Lombardi Francesco F Bellini Pierantonio P Costi Stefania S Sassi Silvia S Pesci Maria Cristina MC

International journal of environmental research and public health 20210210 4

The COVID-19 emergency has imposed distanced education and has interrupted most rehabilitation services. Adolescents with disabilities have been isolated, and the burden on their families has been exacerbated. A cross-sectional survey was administered to adolescents with disability and to parents of disabled children to describe their experience during lockdown and their concerns or expectations about rehabilitation. A sample of 53 adolescents and 239 parents completed the survey. Adolescents we ...[more]

PMID: 33578678

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How Did Italian Adolescents with Disability and Parents Deal with the COVID-19 Emergency?

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