Caregiver Concerns About Child Development During the COVID-19 Pandemic among those with Missed Appointments: Preliminary Results.

Autor: Brewer AG; Departments of Division of Advanced General Pediatrics and Primary Care, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.; Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.; Mary Ann & J. Milburn Smith Child Health Outcomes, Research, and Evaluation Center, Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA., Alfieri NL; Departments of Division of Advanced General Pediatrics and Primary Care, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.; Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA., Golbeck E; Mary Ann & J. Milburn Smith Child Health Outcomes, Research, and Evaluation Center, Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA., Bendelow A; Mary Ann & J. Milburn Smith Child Health Outcomes, Research, and Evaluation Center, Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.; Data Analytics and Reporting, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA., Macy ML; Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.; Division of Emergency Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA., Smith TL; Mary Ann & J. Milburn Smith Child Health Outcomes, Research, and Evaluation Center, Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.; Data Analytics and Reporting, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA., Cartland J; Mary Ann & J. Milburn Smith Child Health Outcomes, Research, and Evaluation Center, Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.; Data Analytics and Reporting, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA., Babula S; Pathways.org, Chicago, Illinois, USA., Davis MM; Departments of Division of Advanced General Pediatrics and Primary Care, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.; Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.; Mary Ann & J. Milburn Smith Child Health Outcomes, Research, and Evaluation Center, Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.; Department of Medicine, Medical Social Sciences, and Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: AJPM focus [AJPM Focus] 2023 May 20, pp. 100110. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 May 20.
DOI: 10.1016/j.focus.2023.100110
Abstrakt: Introduction: To examine caregiver's perception of their child falling behind on developmental milestones after canceled or delayed appointments in metropolitan Chicago during stay-at-home orders, from March 21-May 7, 2020.
Methods: We fielded a web-based caregiver survey to understand the impact of the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic on children's health care experiences characterizing proportions of caregiver perceptions of children falling behind in developmental milestones by canceled or delayed appointment types. Multivariable logistic regression was used to estimate the likelihood of falling behind in milestones .
Results: Overall, 229 (7.5%) caregivers reported children with canceled or delayed appointments falling behind in developmental milestones. Approximately 25.4% of caregivers reported children falling behind on milestones in the Missed Therapeutic group, compared with the Other Missed group (2.9%) (p<0.001). Children in the Missed Therapeutic group (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 10.3, 95% confidence interval (CI) 7.60-14.0)) and caregivers who experienced job loss (aOR 1.59, CI 1.11-2.28) or reduced hours or pay (aOR 1.90, CI 1.28-2.82) had higher odds of falling behind on developmental milestones.
Conclusions: Implementation of new strategies to address the social needs of families should be develop when disruptions in developmental or therapeutic services among children occurs, particularly among children living in households with job insecurity.
(© 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of The American Journal of Preventive Medicine Board of Governors.)
Databáze: MEDLINE