Social distancing and anxiety among female caregivers of children ages zero-to-five during coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown in the United States.
Social distancing and anxiety among female caregivers of children ages zero-to-five during coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown in the United States.
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10.1016/j.jadr.2021.100154
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2021-07
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Findley E
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Baiden P;LaBrenz CA;Findley E
过去的研究已将社会隔离措施与儿童照顾者的心理健康联系起来。随着世界各地的人们适应社交距离措施，有必要了解社交距离措施对心理健康的影响。因此，本研究的目的是探讨零至五岁儿童的女性看护者遵守社交距离措施与感到担心/焦虑之间的关系。这项研究的数据来自于 2020 年 5 月至 6 月期间进行的一项在线调查，旨在了解 COVID-19 大流行期间儿童看护者的压力和心理健康状况。使用二元逻辑回归分析了 358 名女性护理人员的样本，并以担心/焦虑的感觉作为结果变量。超过三分之一的女性护理人员 (35.2%) 表示在过去一个月感到担心/焦虑，约 42% 的女性护理人员表示严格遵守社交距离措施。控制其他因素的影响后，报告严格遵守社交距离的看护者感到担心/焦虑的几率是不严格遵守社交距离的看护者的 1.86 倍（AOR=1.86，95% C.I.=1.07-3.24）。因退出感兴趣的活动而感到困扰的看护者报告感到担心/焦虑的几率高出 4.11 倍（AOR=4.11，95% C.I.=2.32-7.24）。随着 COVID-19 大流行的持续发展，建立社区应对措施以更好地支持婴幼儿护理人员非常重要。讨论了与护理人员心理健康相关的实践、政策和研究的影响。
Past studies have linked measures of social isolation to mental health among caregivers of children. As people across the world adjust to social distancing measures, there is a need to understand consequences of social distancing measures on mental health. Thus, the objective of this study is to examine the association between adherence to social distancing measures and feeling worried/anxious among female caregivers of children ages zero-to-five. Data for this study came from an online survey that was administered between May and June 2020 to understand stress and mental health among caregivers of children during the COVID-19 pandemic. A sample of 358 female caregivers was analyzed using binary logistic regression with feeling worried/anxious as the outcome variable. More than a third of the female caregivers (35.2%) reported feeling worried/anxious during the past month and about 42% reported strictly adhering to social distancing measures. Controlling for the effect of other factors, caregivers who reported strictly adhering to social distancing had 1.86 times higher odds of feeling worried/anxious when compared caregivers who were not strictly adhering to social distancing (AOR=1.86, 95% C.I.=1.07–3.24). Caregivers who felt bothered by withdrawal from activities of interest had 4.11 times higher odds of reporting feeling worried/anxious (AOR=4.11, 95% C.I.=2.32–7.24). As COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, it is important to build community response to better support caregivers of infants and young children. Implications for practice, policy, and research as they relate to caregiver's mental health are discussed.