Pediatric home confinement due to COVID-19: Somatic and anxiety spectrum consequences.

ABSTRACT:

Aims and objectives

We aimed to determine the impact of COVID-19 related home confinement on the paediatric population by focusing on anxiety, behavioural disturbances and somatic symptoms.

Background

To limit the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, governments have imposed nationwide lockdowns to prevent direct contact; this has affected everyday lives and activities such as attending school classes. Such isolation may have impacted children's anxiety levels.

Design and methods

We conducted a cross-sectional observational study using a web-based anonymous questionnaire from 22-26 April, 2020, among children (N = 2,292) in Spain. For children below 7 years of age, parents reported the children's behavioural, emotional and somatic symptoms and family environment data on a

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Adasme SI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8242703 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature