An Analysis of the CoRonavIruS Health Impact Survey: Parent’s Self-Report of Children’s Exposure, Diagnosis, Prevention, and Parental Mental Health Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States

Title: An Analysis of the CoRonavIruS Health Impact Survey: Parent’s Self-Report of Children’s Exposure, Diagnosis, Prevention, and Parental Mental Health Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States Purpose: To examine demographic differences (e.g., racial/ethnic categories, gender, age, essential worker) as risk factors for COVID-19, (b) the exposure to COVID-19, and (c) parental mental health challenges in the COVID-19 pandemic. Research Question: What parental factors are associated with (a) exposure, (b) prevention behaviors, (c) COVID-19 testing, (d) COVID-19 diagnosis, and (e) parental mental health? Design: Descriptive analysis and chi-square analyses Sample and Setting: Prolific Academic (https://www.prolific.ac/) (PA), an online was administered between November 7th and 17th, 2020, Prolific Academic (https://www.prolific.ac/) (PA). The sample was targeted at regions that were more severely impacted by COVID-19 in late March 2020 (New York and California). The final analytic sample size for parents in the United States was 615 (selected from California and New York, respectively). Separate 24-h test-retest reliability samples were obtained from 71 US parents concurrently with the US samples. Methods: The CoRonavIruS Health Impact Survey (CRISIS) was administered to US parents with possible exposure and diagnosis to SARS-COVID-19. A 5-point Likert scale questionnaire was developed to measure the exposure, diagnosis, and impact of COVID-19 on their mental health. Prolific Academic cleaned the data by checking for completeness and value range. Descriptive statistics were used to measure demographic variables. Risk factors included race/ethnicity, sex, age (parent and child), parent education, government assistance, insurance, and employment status. Outcome variables included (a) prevention behaviors of COVID-19, (b) testing and diagnosis of COVID-19, (c) exposure to COVID-19, and (d) parental mental health during the COVID-19. Descriptive statistics and chi-square analyses measured continuous and categorical variables: (a) parent and child demographic information, (b) prevention behaviors, (c) exposure, (c) COVID-19 testing, (d) COVID-19 diagnosis, and (e) parental mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results: The results revealed statistically significant relationships among the parent’s age, child’s age, insurance, distancing, COVID-19 testing, and COVID-19 diagnosis in relation to parental mental health. Conclusion: Understanding how the COVID-19 pandemic impacts short and long-term goals of parent’s is critical to supporting and providing resources for parental mental health. Additional research is needed to examine parental mental health within a family systems approach. Disclosures: The Child Mind Institute, National Institute of Mental Health, and the NYS Nathan Kline Institute funded the CoRonavIruS Health Impact Survey.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Kansas

Year dc:date.issued

2022

Author dc:creator

• Utley, Cheryl Anita Rose

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Choi, Won

• Epidemiology
• COVID-19
• Parental Mental Health

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright held by the author.

Language dc:language.iso

en

Dc Identifier Other

http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:18597

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/37321