Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Cross Sectional Study

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Autor(a) principal: Manuel, Catarina
Data de Publicação: 2022
Outros Autores: Figueiredo, Inês, Prioste, Ana, Duque, Tânia, Pereira, Catarina
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.51338/rppsm.313
Resumo: Introduction: Children and adolescents with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) could experience dis- turbances in their behaviour due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences.On the other hand, the absence of classroom rules (good behaviour, timed tasks) at home might have led to symptomatic improvement. The main goal of our study was to evaluate the perception of the carers of children and adolescents with ADHD regarding the impact of the pandemic in their child’s behaviour, emotions, and routines Methods: We inquired 40 carers using the following instruments: Sociodemographic and Clinical data questionnaire; survey of evaluation of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on carers and their children and Conners Parent Rating Scale Revised (CPRSR) – Short form. Results: Regarding the carer’s perception of the child’s behaviour changes, the majority noticed an improvement in agitation and instruction following and worsening in anxiety and frustration tolerance. As far as the carer’s own perception of impact of the lockdown on themselves is concerned, there was a significant wors- ening of parental stress and carer’s irritability and anxiety.We also evaluated the association between children’s behavioural worsening and the CPRSR dimensions. We highlight a positive and statistically significant association between child’s global worsening and the following dimensions: opposi- tion, motor activity and ADHD index. Regarding the difference between child’s global worsening considering the carer’s own perception of impact of the lockdown on themselves, we found that children and adolescents whose carers reported worsening of anxiety, sadness, parental stress, and family relationship difficulties, revealed more severe worsening in their behaviour. Conclusion: We consider that this study shows the importance of mental health services’ intervention in children and adolescents with ADHD amidst the COVID pandemic.
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spelling Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Cross Sectional StudyImpacto da Pandemia COVID‐19 na Saúde Mental de Crianças e Adolescentes com Perturbação de Hiperatividade e Défice de Atenção: Um Estudo TransversalCOVID‐19AdolescentAttention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityChildMental HealthAdolescenteCOVID‐19CriançaPerturbação de Hiperatividade e Défice de AtençãoSaúde MentalIntroduction: Children and adolescents with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) could experience dis- turbances in their behaviour due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences.On the other hand, the absence of classroom rules (good behaviour, timed tasks) at home might have led to symptomatic improvement. The main goal of our study was to evaluate the perception of the carers of children and adolescents with ADHD regarding the impact of the pandemic in their child’s behaviour, emotions, and routines Methods: We inquired 40 carers using the following instruments: Sociodemographic and Clinical data questionnaire; survey of evaluation of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on carers and their children and Conners Parent Rating Scale Revised (CPRSR) – Short form. Results: Regarding the carer’s perception of the child’s behaviour changes, the majority noticed an improvement in agitation and instruction following and worsening in anxiety and frustration tolerance. As far as the carer’s own perception of impact of the lockdown on themselves is concerned, there was a significant wors- ening of parental stress and carer’s irritability and anxiety.We also evaluated the association between children’s behavioural worsening and the CPRSR dimensions. We highlight a positive and statistically significant association between child’s global worsening and the following dimensions: opposi- tion, motor activity and ADHD index. Regarding the difference between child’s global worsening considering the carer’s own perception of impact of the lockdown on themselves, we found that children and adolescents whose carers reported worsening of anxiety, sadness, parental stress, and family relationship difficulties, revealed more severe worsening in their behaviour. Conclusion: We consider that this study shows the importance of mental health services’ intervention in children and adolescents with ADHD amidst the COVID pandemic.Introdução: As crianças e adolescentes com perturbação de hiperatividade e défice de atenção (PHDA) poderão apre- sentar um agravamento comportamental devido à pandemia e respetivas consequências. Por outro lado, a diminuição da imposição, em contexto de sala de aula, no sentido de exibirem um bom comportamento e realizarem as tarefas, poderá levar a melhoria sintomática. O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar a perceção dos cuidadores de crianças e adolescentes com PHDA em relação ao impacto da pandemia no seu comportamento, emoções e rotinas. Métodos: Foram inquiridos 40 cuidadores de crianças e adolescentes com diagnóstico de PHDA recorrendo aos seguintes instrumentos: Questionário de dados sociodemográficos e clínicos; Questionário para avaliação do impacto da COVID‐19 nos pais e nos filhos e Conners Parent Rating Scale Revised – Versão reduzida (CPRSR). Resultados: No que toca à perceção dos cuidadores acerca das alterações comportamentais da criança, a maioria denotou uma melhoria na agitação e seguimento de instruções e um maior agravamento na ansiedade e na tolerância à frustração. A nível da perceção dos cuidadores relativamente ao confinamento, denotou‐se agravamento mais significativo do stress parental, da irritabilidade e da ansiedade dos progenitores. Quanto à relação entre o agravamento comportamental das crianças com diagnóstico PHDA durante a pandemia e as dimensões avaliadas pela CPRSR, destaca‐se as associações positivas e estatisticamente significativas entre o agravamento global da criança e do adolescente percecionado pelos cui- dadores e as dimensões oposição, atividade motora e índice de PHDA. Relativamente às diferenças entre o agravamento comportamental e emocional das crianças e adolescentes, em função do agravamento das variáveis pessoais e ambientais do cuidador, verifica‐se que o grupo de crianças/adolescentes cujos pais reportaram um agravamento da sua própria ansiedade, tristeza, stress parental e das dificuldades na relação entre os diferentes membros da família na quarentena, apresenta níveis mais elevados de agravamento comportamental e emocional. Conclusão: Consideramos que este estudo vem demonstrar a importância da intervenção dos serviços de saúde mental em crianças e adolescentes com PHDA, durante a pandemia COVID‐19.Sociedade Portuguesa de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental2022-06-06T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.51338/rppsm.313oai:ojs.www.revistapsiquiatria.pt:article/313Revista Portuguesa de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental; Vol. 8 No. 2 (2022); 37-48Revista Portuguesa de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental; Vol. 8 N.º 2 (2022); 37-482184-54172184-5522reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPporhttps://www.revistapsiquiatria.pt/index.php/sppsm/article/view/313https://doi.org/10.51338/rppsm.313https://www.revistapsiquiatria.pt/index.php/sppsm/article/view/313/119Direitos de Autor (c) 2022 Revista Portuguesa de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mentalinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessManuel, CatarinaFigueiredo, InêsPrioste, AnaDuque, TâniaPereira, Catarina2022-09-06T09:37:43Zoai:ojs.www.revistapsiquiatria.pt:article/313Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T15:37:15.012336Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Cross Sectional Study
Impacto da Pandemia COVID‐19 na Saúde Mental de Crianças e Adolescentes com Perturbação de Hiperatividade e Défice de Atenção: Um Estudo Transversal
title Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Cross Sectional Study
spellingShingle Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Cross Sectional Study
Manuel, Catarina
COVID‐19
Adolescent
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
Child
Mental Health
Adolescente
COVID‐19
Criança
Perturbação de Hiperatividade e Défice de Atenção
Saúde Mental
title_short Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Cross Sectional Study
title_full Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Cross Sectional Study
title_fullStr Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Cross Sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Cross Sectional Study
title_sort Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Cross Sectional Study
author Manuel, Catarina
author_facet Manuel, Catarina
Figueiredo, Inês
Prioste, Ana
Duque, Tânia
Pereira, Catarina
author_role author
author2 Figueiredo, Inês
Prioste, Ana
Duque, Tânia
Pereira, Catarina
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Manuel, Catarina
Figueiredo, Inês
Prioste, Ana
Duque, Tânia
Pereira, Catarina
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv COVID‐19
Adolescent
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
Child
Mental Health
Adolescente
COVID‐19
Criança
Perturbação de Hiperatividade e Défice de Atenção
Saúde Mental
topic COVID‐19
Adolescent
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
Child
Mental Health
Adolescente
COVID‐19
Criança
Perturbação de Hiperatividade e Défice de Atenção
Saúde Mental
description Introduction: Children and adolescents with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) could experience dis- turbances in their behaviour due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences.On the other hand, the absence of classroom rules (good behaviour, timed tasks) at home might have led to symptomatic improvement. The main goal of our study was to evaluate the perception of the carers of children and adolescents with ADHD regarding the impact of the pandemic in their child’s behaviour, emotions, and routines Methods: We inquired 40 carers using the following instruments: Sociodemographic and Clinical data questionnaire; survey of evaluation of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on carers and their children and Conners Parent Rating Scale Revised (CPRSR) – Short form. Results: Regarding the carer’s perception of the child’s behaviour changes, the majority noticed an improvement in agitation and instruction following and worsening in anxiety and frustration tolerance. As far as the carer’s own perception of impact of the lockdown on themselves is concerned, there was a significant wors- ening of parental stress and carer’s irritability and anxiety.We also evaluated the association between children’s behavioural worsening and the CPRSR dimensions. We highlight a positive and statistically significant association between child’s global worsening and the following dimensions: opposi- tion, motor activity and ADHD index. Regarding the difference between child’s global worsening considering the carer’s own perception of impact of the lockdown on themselves, we found that children and adolescents whose carers reported worsening of anxiety, sadness, parental stress, and family relationship difficulties, revealed more severe worsening in their behaviour. Conclusion: We consider that this study shows the importance of mental health services’ intervention in children and adolescents with ADHD amidst the COVID pandemic.
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