Abstract:

In December 2019, a coronavirus known as the New Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was detected in China and became a worldwide epidemic. The main way to protect against COVID-19 was the isolation and social evasion strategies. In this study, we evaluated the children of parents isolated by the cause of COVID-19 in terms of symptoms of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (TSSB). The study included 52 children whose mother and/or father had been infected with COVID-19 in the last 3 months. The children are between the ages of 7 and 17 and 27 are girls. To all children, the Depression Scale for Children, the Posttraumatic Stress Reaction Scale for Children, the Childhood Anxiety Scale Scale, and the Psychological Sustainability Scale were applied. 19 per cent of children. 2 have depressive symptoms, 40% of those with chronic disease, 50% of those with diagnosed psychiatric disease have depressive symptoms. In children, TSSB symptoms have been detected at changing levels. The rate of severe TSSB symptoms is 35.1 per cent in the mother isolated, and 6.7 per cent in the father isolated. While both parents have the highest anxiety ratio in children with COVID-19 infection, this was observed by the children who suffered only their mother and only their father, respectively. Scientists have found a higher frequency of depression symptoms in children who don’t participate in the idea that they understand the coronavirus well, that the Ministry of Health in our country manages the process well, that they will take their own to limit the spread of the coronavirus and that the protective measures to be taken in our country will make a difference. Furthermore, in children who do not agree with the idea that the scientists understand coronavirus well and think that the rules applied in our country are too much interfering with their daily lives, the frequency of severe TSSB symptoms has been shown to be higher. Considering that children with the COVID-19 epidemic and their daily lives are limited, their cognitive, emotional, physical and psychological development is not yet completed, spiritual support and effective strategies should be provided to improve their adaptation to the problems they may experience during this process, to strengthen their psychological resilience and to follow.

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