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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children with ASD and Their Families: An Online Survey in China
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown will have short-term and long-term psychosocial and mental health implications for children. Children with autism may have some specific needs for support because of their difficulties in social communication, stereotyped behavior patterns, and other sp...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7939504/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33692639 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S293426 |
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author | Huang, Saijun Sun, Tao Zhu, Yanna Song, Shanshan Zhang, Jie Huang, Linjuan Chen, Qiang Peng, Guangyang Zhao, Dongmei Yu, Hong Jing, Jin |
author_facet | Huang, Saijun Sun, Tao Zhu, Yanna Song, Shanshan Zhang, Jie Huang, Linjuan Chen, Qiang Peng, Guangyang Zhao, Dongmei Yu, Hong Jing, Jin |
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description | BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown will have short-term and long-term psychosocial and mental health implications for children. Children with autism may have some specific needs for support because of their difficulties in social communication, stereotyped behavior patterns, and other specificities brought about by autism. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on ASD children and their families. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 406 parents of ASD children completed an online survey investigating basic information; sleep, outdoor activities, and rehabilitation training; ASD children’s frequency of abnormal behaviors; and stress and emotional status of parents. RESULTS: 50.3% of the parents thought their children had sleep problems, and 47.3% of the parents thought their children’s outdoor activity time was reduced. About 40% of parents think that their children have improved cognitive ability, language expression, and understanding. 36.2% of the families reported that their children’s emotional and social performance became worse. 60.8% of parents reported that their children’s training intensity decreased. The most common abnormal behaviors observed in children with ASD were being easily distracted, losing temper, and crying. 81.3% of parents did not have anxiety, but 98% of parents reported that family training was under pressure. CONCLUSION: The main impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children with ASD is that they do not have access to professional rehabilitation training. These families need more medical support, especially in family training, to help parents improve the social and emotional control skills of ASD children. |
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spelling | pubmed-79395042021-03-09 Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children with ASD and Their Families: An Online Survey in China Huang, Saijun Sun, Tao Zhu, Yanna Song, Shanshan Zhang, Jie Huang, Linjuan Chen, Qiang Peng, Guangyang Zhao, Dongmei Yu, Hong Jing, Jin Psychol Res Behav Manag Original Research BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown will have short-term and long-term psychosocial and mental health implications for children. Children with autism may have some specific needs for support because of their difficulties in social communication, stereotyped behavior patterns, and other specificities brought about by autism. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on ASD children and their families. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 406 parents of ASD children completed an online survey investigating basic information; sleep, outdoor activities, and rehabilitation training; ASD children’s frequency of abnormal behaviors; and stress and emotional status of parents. RESULTS: 50.3% of the parents thought their children had sleep problems, and 47.3% of the parents thought their children’s outdoor activity time was reduced. About 40% of parents think that their children have improved cognitive ability, language expression, and understanding. 36.2% of the families reported that their children’s emotional and social performance became worse. 60.8% of parents reported that their children’s training intensity decreased. The most common abnormal behaviors observed in children with ASD were being easily distracted, losing temper, and crying. 81.3% of parents did not have anxiety, but 98% of parents reported that family training was under pressure. CONCLUSION: The main impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children with ASD is that they do not have access to professional rehabilitation training. These families need more medical support, especially in family training, to help parents improve the social and emotional control skills of ASD children. Dove 2021-03-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7939504/ /pubmed/33692639 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S293426 Text en © 2021 Huang et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php). |
spellingShingle | Original Research Huang, Saijun Sun, Tao Zhu, Yanna Song, Shanshan Zhang, Jie Huang, Linjuan Chen, Qiang Peng, Guangyang Zhao, Dongmei Yu, Hong Jing, Jin Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children with ASD and Their Families: An Online Survey in China |
title | Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children with ASD and Their Families: An Online Survey in China |
title_full | Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children with ASD and Their Families: An Online Survey in China |
title_fullStr | Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children with ASD and Their Families: An Online Survey in China |
title_full_unstemmed | Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children with ASD and Their Families: An Online Survey in China |
title_short | Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children with ASD and Their Families: An Online Survey in China |
title_sort | impact of the covid-19 pandemic on children with asd and their families: an online survey in china |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7939504/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33692639 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S293426 |
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