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Children with ADHD were affected in terms of mental health and quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic
Abstract
Aims: COVID-19 pandemic has had negative effects on the lives of many children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders. This research aims to investigate the effects on the mental status and quality of life of children with ADHD during the COVID-19 pandemic. Material and
Methods: This study was conducted at the child and adolescent psychiatric outpatient clinic of a university hospital, between April and May 2020. The research group consisted of 113 children and adolescents with ADHD, and the control group consisted of 45 children and adolescents. The depression and anxiety symptoms of the children were assessed using the Child Depression Inventory (CDI) and the Screen for Child Anxiety-Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED), respectively. Child-reported and parent-reported Pediatric Quality of Life Inventories (PedsQL) were used to evaluate the health-related quality of life of the children.
Results: Depressive symptoms and anxiety levels were found to be statistically higher in the ADHD group. According to PedsQL-P scale, psychosocial and scale total scores were statistically significantly lower. According to the regression analysis, the SCARED scores predicted negative physical, psychosocial, and total scores of the PEDsQL-C scale. The CDI scores, however, predicted negative physical, psychosocial, and total scores of the PEDsQL-P scale.
Conclusion: This study revealed that in the COVID-19 pandemic, children with ADHD are more affected in terms of depression, anxiety and quality of life than children without any psychiatric disease. The study findings suggest that further studies are needed to better understand the psychological conditions and difficulties that children with ADHD experience during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords : Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, children, COVID-19, depression, anxiety, life of quality

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Volume 4, Issue 1, 2023
Page : 1-6
https://doi.org/10.47582/jompac.1176162
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Submitted : 16 Eyl 2022
Accepted : 24 Eki 2022
Corresponding Author :

Semih Erden: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey

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Citation : Erden S, Uzun N. Children with ADHD were affected in terms of mental health and quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Med Palliat Care 2023; 4(1): 1-6.

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