Social-emotional and Behavioural Problems of Healthcare Workers During the Outbreak

Completed

• Conditions: Emotional Disorder of Childhood
• Interventions: Diagnostic Test: Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA) questionnaire; Diagnostic Test: Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire (BISQ) questionnaire; Diagnostic Test: Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) questionnaire; Diagnostic Test: Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) questionnaire

• Registration Number: NCT05823831
• Lead Sponsor: Marmara University

Brief Summary

Healthcare worker mothers had to leave their children with their relatives out the fear of contagion and isolated themselves. The investigators aimed to explore the sleep, socioemotional and behavioural problems of children of healthcare workers; assess the psychological distress of mothers and their social support during the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus pandemic, and compare them with age-matched children and their mothers from other occupations.

Detailed Description

Healthcare worker mothers had to leave their children with their relatives out the fear of contagion and isolated themselves. The investigators aimed to explore the sleep, socioemotional and behavioural problems of children of healthcare workers; assess the psychological distress of mothers and their social support during the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus pandemic, and compare them with age-matched children and their mothers from other occupations.

A case-control study design was applied, and a snowball approach was used to enrol volunteered participants aged between 6 to 36 months of age, through a Google survey. The investigators used Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire and the Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment questionnaire to assess children's sleep and socioemotional and behavioural problems respectively. A Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support and a Brief Symptom Inventory were used to evaluate the social support and psychological distress of mothers.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-10-01
• Primary Completion: 2021-03-30
• Study Completion: 2021-10-30
• Status Verified: 2023-04
• Study First Submitted: 2023-04-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-04-20
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-04-20
• Study First Posted: 2023-04-21
• Last Update Posted: 2023-04-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 600

Inclusion Criteria

• All women having children aged between 6 to 36 months of age,
• Parental Education above university level,

Exclusion Criteria

• Out of age range,
• Parental Education below university level
• Didn't read the informed consent form and tick the mandatory consent box

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Non-healthcare worker group	Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA) questionnaire	Children of mothers from other occupations were grouped as Non-healthcare workers group
Non-healthcare worker group	Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) questionnaire	Children of mothers from other occupations were grouped as Non-healthcare workers group
Healthcare workers group	Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA) questionnaire	Children of healthcare worker mothers were grouped as the Healthcare workers group. Doctors, nurses, and paramedics are considered as healthcare workers.
Healthcare workers group	Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) questionnaire	Children of healthcare worker mothers were grouped as the Healthcare workers group. Doctors, nurses, and paramedics are considered as healthcare workers.
Healthcare workers group	Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) questionnaire	Children of healthcare worker mothers were grouped as the Healthcare workers group. Doctors, nurses, and paramedics are considered as healthcare workers.
Non-healthcare worker group	Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) questionnaire	Children of mothers from other occupations were grouped as Non-healthcare workers group
Healthcare workers group	Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire (BISQ) questionnaire	Children of healthcare worker mothers were grouped as the Healthcare workers group. Doctors, nurses, and paramedics are considered as healthcare workers.
Non-healthcare worker group	Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire (BISQ) questionnaire	Children of mothers from other occupations were grouped as Non-healthcare workers group

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Social-emotional and behavioural problems of healthcare workers children	Baseline	The study was planned based on the hypothesis that children of healthcare workers experienced more socioemotional and behavioural problems than children of mothers from other occupations during the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus pandemic. The investigators aimed to explore Social-emotional and behavioural problems of healthcare workers by using Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA) questionnaire, and compare them with age-matched peers and their mothers from other occupations.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Sleep problems of healthcare workers children	Baseline	The investigators aimed to explore Sleep problems of healthcare workers by using Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire (BISQ) questionnaire, and compare them with age-matched peers and their mothers from other occupations.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Marmara University; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey