{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Sledge H"],"funding":["Temple Street Hospital Foundation in Dublin, Ireland","Clemens Von Pirquet Foundation in Geneva, Switzerland"],"pagination":["e001348"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8905983"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["6(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Objective</h4>The COVID-19 pandemic caused long periods of lockdown, social isolation and intense challenges for parents. This study examines parenting in an infant cohort born at the pandemic onset.<h4>Methods</h4>The CORAL study is a prospective longitudinal observational study looking at allergy, immune function and neurodevelopmental outcome in babies born between March and May 2020. Demographic information was collected, babies were reviewed at 6-monthly intervals, and serology for COVID-19 infection was recorded. When babies were 12 months old, parents were asked for 3-5 words to describe raising a baby during the pandemic. Frequency of word usage was compared between first time parents and parents with other children, and parents of babies with and without a diagnosis of COVID-19 infection.<h4>Results</h4>354 babies were recruited to CORAL study. Social circles were small. At 6 months the median number of people (including parents) who had kissed the baby was 3, and by 12 months one-quarter of babies had never met another child of similar age. 304 parents completed the word choice. Commonly reported words were lonely (44.4%), isolating (31.9%) and strong bond (15.8%). 12 of those 304 babies had COVID-19 in their first year of life and there was no significant difference in reported negative or positive word number compared with parents of babies without a COVID-19 infection, or by first time parents or those who already had children.<h4>Conclusion</h4>The lockdowns and social restrictions made raising an infant challenging for all parents in Ireland. It is important parents know this was a shared experience."],"journal":["BMJ paediatrics open"],"pubmed_title":["Parenting a newborn baby during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative survey."],"pmcid":["PMC8905983"],"funding_grant_id":["Not applicable"],"pubmed_authors":["McCallion N","Sledge H","Lawler M","Franklin R","Dunne S","Hourihane J","Boland F","Byrne S","O'Mahony L"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Parenting a newborn baby during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative survey.","description":"<h4>Objective</h4>The COVID-19 pandemic caused long periods of lockdown, social isolation and intense challenges for parents. This study examines parenting in an infant cohort born at the pandemic onset.<h4>Methods</h4>The CORAL study is a prospective longitudinal observational study looking at allergy, immune function and neurodevelopmental outcome in babies born between March and May 2020. Demographic information was collected, babies were reviewed at 6-monthly intervals, and serology for COVID-19 infection was recorded. When babies were 12 months old, parents were asked for 3-5 words to describe raising a baby during the pandemic. Frequency of word usage was compared between first time parents and parents with other children, and parents of babies with and without a diagnosis of COVID-19 infection.<h4>Results</h4>354 babies were recruited to CORAL study. Social circles were small. At 6 months the median number of people (including parents) who had kissed the baby was 3, and by 12 months one-quarter of babies had never met another child of similar age. 304 parents completed the word choice. Commonly reported words were lonely (44.4%), isolating (31.9%) and strong bond (15.8%). 12 of those 304 babies had COVID-19 in their first year of life and there was no significant difference in reported negative or positive word number compared with parents of babies without a COVID-19 infection, or by first time parents or those who already had children.<h4>Conclusion</h4>The lockdowns and social restrictions made raising an infant challenging for all parents in Ireland. It is important parents know this was a shared experience.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Mar","modification":"2025-04-19T00:51:47.054Z","creation":"2025-04-07T11:43:09.75Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8905983","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35984697"],"doi":["10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001348"]}}