Impact of quarantine on the experience and management of children with learning disabilities or attention deficit disorders with or without hyperactivity : A retrospective observational study

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BACKGROUND: During the COVID-19 pandemic, France faced a 2-month lockdown in 2020, marked by numerous restrictions. This study aimed to examine the experience and management of children aged 6-17 years with learning and/or attention disorders during the first lockdown.

METHODS: We conducted an observational, retrospective study, with data collection from March 1 to May 31, 2021, by means of an anonymous digital qualitative questionnaire completed by parents. The experience of confinement as well as the children's behavior, schooling, and level of progress during rehabilitation were assessed by parents through a Likert scale. Data were compared according to two groups: negative experience and positive or neutral experience of the child's confinement.

RESULTS: A total of 251 questionnaires were collected and 217 were analyzed. Overall, 47 children (21.7 %) reported a negative experience of the confinement period. In total, 164 (75.6 %) of the children had their schooling monitored throughout the period; half of the parents reported a course format unsuited to their child's disorders and a lack of motivation, and 46.5 % a refusal by their child to study. Only 16.8 % of parents reported a regression in their child's rehabilitation. These last three results were significantly associated with a poor experience of confinement (p < 0.05).

CONCLUSION: The period of confinement was experienced relatively well by the children, and the rehabilitative management seemed to have been minimally impacted during this period. The therapeutic education of children, their parents, and also teachers is a major axis of improvement for better care and support of children with these disorders.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Enthalten in:

Archives de pediatrie : organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie - (2024) vom: 26. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pacteau, Chloé [VerfasserIn]
Nadin, Lawrence [VerfasserIn]
Mette, Floriane Colin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Attention deficit disorder
COVID-19
Journal Article
Learning disorders
Pandemic
Quarantine

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Date Revised 27.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.1016/j.arcped.2023.10.011

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370280148