Parental concern for clinically vulnerable child during first 18 months of the COVID pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The uncertainties surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic have been associated with increased parental concern. The aim of this study is to explore if this increased level of concern is associated with certain individual/household characteristics or if parents adapted to the ever-changing realities of the COVID-19 pandemic over time.

Methods

This prospective study explored COVID-19 concern trajectories and associated family characteristics of 765 UK parents caring for an immunosuppressed child during the first 18 months of the pandemic using growth mixture modelling. Qualitative analysis was performed to examine in more detail the source of concern.

Results

Four different trajectories of parental COVID-19 concern were identified. Ongoing very high concern was ass

SUBMITTER: Driessens C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9684768 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature