Childcare and depression during the coronavirus pandemic in South Africa: A gendered analysis.
Childcare and depression during the coronavirus pandemic in South Africa: A gendered analysis.
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DOI：
10.1371/journal.pone.0255183
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发表时间：
2021
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影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Nwosu CO
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作者：
Nwosu CO
二零一九年新型冠状病毒病（COVID-19）疫情导致企业及学校关闭、远程提供服务及专业幼儿托管服务中断。这些中断导致父母照顾子女的责任大大增加。家庭育儿时间要求的大幅增加可能会对心理健康产生影响。因此，我们确定了大流行期间南非儿童保育与抑郁症之间的关系。数据来自国民收入动态研究-冠状病毒快速移动的调查，这是在南非COVID-19大流行期间进行的纵向电话调查。结果是从两项患者健康问卷中获得的抑郁指数，而主要协变量是每个工作日照顾儿童的平均小时数。我们采用有序logit模型。我们发现，在这两个时期的分析中，花更多的时间照顾孩子和照顾者的抑郁健康状况更差之间存在正相关关系。照顾孩子的责任，防止/减轻照顾者的工作能力，以及防止照顾者寻找工作缓和了抑郁症，照顾孩子的关系。这些调查结果突出表明，需要认真考虑旨在遏制这一流行病的对策。我们提倡采取多方持份者的方法，鼓励政府、学校当局、雇主及家长╱监护人之间加强合作，以减轻COVID-19对精神健康的影响。
The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic resulted in the closure of businesses and schools, the remote provision of services and the disruption of the services of professional childminders. These disruptions resulted in a significant increase in parental responsibility for childcare. Such a substantial increase in time requirements for childcare domestically has potential mental health consequences. We therefore ascertained the relationship between childcare and depression in South Africa during the pandemic. Data came from the National Income Dynamics Study-Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey, a longitudinal telephonic survey conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa. The outcome was a depression index obtained from the two-item Patient Health Questionnaire while the main covariate was the average number of hours spent in taking care of children per weekday. We employed the ordered logit model. We found a positive relationship between spending more hours on childcare and worse depressive health for caregivers in both periods analyzed. Childcare responsibilities preventing/mitigating the ability of caregivers to work as well as preventing caregivers from searching for jobs moderated the depression-childcare relationship. These findings highlight the need to carefully consider policy responses aimed at containing the pandemic. We advocate a multi-stakeholder approach to mitigating the mental health impact of COVID-19 by encouraging more collaboration between government, school authorities, employers and parents/guardians.
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DOI：
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