TY - JOUR
T1 - Quality of life of children with neurodevelopmental disorders and their parents during the COVID-19 pandemic
T2 - a 1-year follow-up study
AU - Ueda, Riyo
AU - Okada, Takashi
AU - Kita, Yosuke
AU - Ukezono, Masatoshi
AU - Takada, Miki
AU - Ozawa, Yuri
AU - Inoue, Hisami
AU - Shioda, Mutsuki
AU - Kono, Yoshimi
AU - Kono, Chika
AU - Nakamura, Yukiko
AU - Amemiya, Kaoru
AU - Ito, Ai
AU - Sugiura, Nobuko
AU - Matsuoka, Yuichiro
AU - Kaiga, Chinami
AU - Shiraki, Yasuko
AU - Kubota, Masaya
AU - Ozawa, Hiroshi
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Intramural Research Grant for Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders of NCNP, Japan [1-4,2-7 to T.O.].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s).
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - This study aimed to reveal changes in the quality of life (QOL) of children with neurodevelopmental disorders and their parents, and the interaction between their QOL and parental mental state during the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Eighty-nine school-aged children and parents participated in surveys in May 2020 (T1) and May 2021 (T2). The parents completed questionnaires that assessed their QOL, depression, parenting stress, and living conditions. Children’s temporary mood status was evaluated using the self-reported visual analog scale (VAS). Children’s QOL and VAS at T2 were higher than their QOL at T1. Parents’ QOL at T2 was lower than their QOL at T1. Severe parental depression at T1 had a synergistic effect on severe parenting stress and severe depressive state at T2. Additionally, children’s high QOL at T1 had a synergistic effect on low parenting stress and children’s high QOL at T2. Furthermore, children’s low VAS scores and parents’ low QOL at T2 were associated with deterioration of family economic status. Children and parents’ QOL changed during the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. Improvement in children’s QOL was influenced by reduced maternal depressive symptoms. Public support for parental mental health is important to avoid decreasing QOL.
AB - This study aimed to reveal changes in the quality of life (QOL) of children with neurodevelopmental disorders and their parents, and the interaction between their QOL and parental mental state during the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Eighty-nine school-aged children and parents participated in surveys in May 2020 (T1) and May 2021 (T2). The parents completed questionnaires that assessed their QOL, depression, parenting stress, and living conditions. Children’s temporary mood status was evaluated using the self-reported visual analog scale (VAS). Children’s QOL and VAS at T2 were higher than their QOL at T1. Parents’ QOL at T2 was lower than their QOL at T1. Severe parental depression at T1 had a synergistic effect on severe parenting stress and severe depressive state at T2. Additionally, children’s high QOL at T1 had a synergistic effect on low parenting stress and children’s high QOL at T2. Furthermore, children’s low VAS scores and parents’ low QOL at T2 were associated with deterioration of family economic status. Children and parents’ QOL changed during the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. Improvement in children’s QOL was influenced by reduced maternal depressive symptoms. Public support for parental mental health is important to avoid decreasing QOL.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41598-022-08273-2
DO - 10.1038/s41598-022-08273-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 35279671
AN - SCOPUS:85126400117
SN - 2045-2322
VL - 12
JO - Scientific Reports
JF - Scientific Reports
IS - 1
M1 - 4298
ER -
