Mental Health of children during Covid-19 Pandemic

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Reaction to severe stress, unspecified,

• Registration Number: CTRI/2020/06/025853
• Lead Sponsor: ESIC PGIMSR

Brief Summary

**Aimsand Objectives**

To study the impact ofCovid-19 pandemic on mental health of school going children

**PrimaryObjective:** Impact of Covid-19 pandemic on mental health of school goingchildren

**SecondaryObjective:** Compare the effects of covid-19 pandemic on children of Healthcareworkers (HCWs) and those from general population.

 **Materialand methods**

**Place ofstudy:** Department of Pediatrics, ESI PGIMSR, Basaidarapur, New Delhi

**StudyDesign:** It will be an observational cross sectional study

**Sampling:**  Children will be enrolled in two groups. GroupA: Children of Health care workers and Group B: Children from generalpopulation. We propose to recruit 50 children in each group by interviewingtheir parent/ guardian. We will use the snowball sampling technique for thesame.

**InclusionCriteria:** Schoolgoing childrenaged 6-17 years of health care workers working in ESI PGIMSR and associatedhospital, Basaidarpur and from general population.

**ExclusionCriteria:** Children with known psychiatric, neurological, developmental andother chronic illnesses will be excluded.

 **Methodology:**

DSM-5 Parent/Guardian-Rated Level 1 Cross-CuttingSymptom Measure—Child Age 6–17 questionnaire will be used for evaluation.This measure developed by American Psychiatric Association can be reproducedwithout permission by researchers and by clinicians for use with theirpatients. Necessary approval will be taken from IEC.

 The DSM-5 Parent/Guardian-Rated Level1 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure—Child Age 6–17 assesses mental health domainsthat are important across psychiatric diagnoses.

The measure consists of 25 questionsthat assess 12 psychiatric domains, including depression, anger, irritability,mania, anxiety, somatic symptoms, inattention, suicidal ideation/attempt,psychosis, sleep disturbance, repetitive thoughts and behaviors, and substanceuse.

Each item asks the parent or guardian to ratehow much (or how often) his or her child has been bothered by the specificsymptom during the past 2 weeks.

Nineteen of the 25 items on the measure are each rated on a5-point scale (0=none or not at all; 1=slight or rare, less than a day or two;2=mild or several days; 3=moderate or more than half the days; and 4=severe ornearly every day). The suicidal ideation, suicide attempt, and substance abuseitems are each rated on a “Yes, No, or Don’t Know†scale. The score on eachitem within a domain will be reviewed by clinician. A guide provided in themanual will help clinician outline the threshold score to interpret whether thesymptom is worrisome and needs further inquiry or not.

A questionnaire comprising demographic details, questions fromDSM-5 and few self prepared questions regarding covid-19 will be sent to HCWsworking in ESI PGIMSR for group A and known contacts of the investigators forgroup B. The answers will be received back online. Results from both the groupswill be analyzed and compared using standard protocols.

  **Outcomemeasures**

**PrimaryOutcome measures:** Prevalence of psychosocial problems among the Indianschool going children during the pandemic covid-19

**SecondaryOutcome measures:** comparison of perception of covid -19 bychildren of Indian HCWs and those from general population.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-06-17
• Last Update Posted: 2020-12-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

School going children aged 6-17 years of health care workers working in ESI PGIMSR and associated hospital, Basaidarpur and from general population.

Exclusion Criteria

Children with known psychiatric, neurological, developmental and other chronic illnesses will be excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Prevalence of psychosocial problems among the Indian school going children during the pandemic covid-19	10 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To compare the perception of covid -19 by children of Indian HCWs and those from general population.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

ESIC PGIMSR; 🇮🇳 West, DELHI, India

ESIC PGIMSR

🇮🇳West, DELHI, India

Mahima Rajan

Principal investigator

07387109658

rajanmahima@gmail.com