Impact of Social Isolation due to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Patients With Pediatric Disorders: Rehabilitation Perspectives From a Developing Country

Meireles, André Luís Ferreira de; Meireles, Louisiana Carolina Ferreira de

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“…The results of our study and those obtained from other studies highlight the importance of telemedicine and telerehabilitation in providing distance healthcare to overcome the challenges resulting from COVID-19 social distancing practices [19]. While remote healthcare solutions cannot replace face-to-face medical assessment and rehabilitation, they can continue to provide health and rehabilitation services, and they can protect children, their families, and medical and rehabilitation staff from transmission [1,19].…”

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“…Another alteration in the daily routines of children with CP has been that COVID-19 has interrupted the activities of rehabilitation, and special education and rehabilitation centers for disabled children. The absence of rehabilitation may lead to the inevitable deteriorate of the child’s physical status and functional ability [ 1 , 3 ].…”

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“…In December 2019, the novel coronavirus (COVID- 19) was first detected in Wuhan, China. The COVID-19 outbreak then spread across the world [1]. In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported more than 118,000 cases of COVID-19 worldwide and declared the situation to be a pandemic [2].…”

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“…In addition, a relationship has been found between caregivers' QOL and the severity of motor impairments, the emotional and behavioral problems of children with CP, the general mental health of caregivers, parenting stress, and environmental problems [11]. The caregivers of children with CP, who already faced the challenges of providing for a disabled child, experienced additional negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the effects of lockdown on their mental health and economic burdens due to pandemic [1,12]. Furthermore, children with chronic and developmental diseases such as CP have a higher risk for infection and transmission of COVID-19, which may further stress their caregivers [13].…”

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Evaluation of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on children with cerebral palsy, caregivers’ quality of life, and caregivers' fear of COVID-19 with telemedicine

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Background The sudden and unexpected pandemic changed the daily routine of the children with cerebral palsy (CP) and their caregivers. Aims This study aimed to investigate the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the utilization of health and rehabilitation services and the general health and physical status of children with CP. In addition, the second aim of the study was to examine the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on caregivers’ quality of life (QOL) and their fear of COVID-19. Methods The utilization of children health and rehabilitation services during the pandemic, the general health and physical status of the children during the pandemic, and the children and caregivers’ history of COVID-19 infections were questioned. Furthermore, the caregivers’ level of fear of COVID-19 and their QOL were examined. Results One hundred twenty caregivers were contacted by phone, and 94 (78.33%) caregivers agreed to participate in the study. Sixty-three of 94 children (67.1%) did not attend their routine control check-up during the pandemic. Twelve children (12.8%) discontinued their physical therapy sessions during the pandemic. Caregivers physical and mental QOL significantly decreased during the pandemic ( p < 0.05). The median of caregivers’ Fear of COVID-19 scale (FCV-19S) was 17.5 (7–35). Conclusion We think that more attention should be given to telerehabilitation and telemedicine services of the clinicians who deal with the children with CP, and their caregivers in order to prevent the negative effects of future pandemic periods.

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“…They were deprived, at least at the beginning of the pandemic, of their necessary therapies (Ferreira Meireles & Ferreira de Meireles, 2020) and the support of their teachers, doctors, therapists, educators (Trabacca et al, 2020) and peers during a time of great stress (Alexander, 2020). This led them to experience feelings of loneliness, symptoms of depression and anxiety (Ferreira Meireles & Ferreira de Meireles, 2020;Ren et al, 2020), and caused a regression in their abilities and a worsening of their social and school skills (United Nations, 2020).…”

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Feasibility and Acceptability of a Real-Time Telerehabilitation Intervention for Children and Young Adults with Acquired Brain Injury During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Experience Report

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This study examined the feasibility and acceptability of a telerehabilitation intervention during the COVID-19 pandemic in a sample of children and young adults with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI). Thirteen patients and/or their families agreed to participate in the speech and neuropsychological telerehabilitation sessions. The treatment was synchronous, patient centered and aimed at improving specific abilities. Sessions were held twice a week over a 10-week period. Two questionnaires were completed both by parents and therapists to assess feasibility and acceptability. Neither technical issues nor clinical obstacles were found. The quality of the therapeutic relationship played a key role in the intervention. Synchronous telerehabilitation provided several advantages both for patients and therapists. Moreover, the patient centered intervention eased the burden of the caregivers at a time of high stress. The real-time telerehabilitation treatments were deemed suitable for children and young adults with ABI. Further studies are needed to support the use of telerehabilitation as an integral part of their standard care.

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If online learning works for you, what about deaf students? Emerging challenges of online learning for deaf and hearing-impaired students during COVID-19: a literature review

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With the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, educational systems worldwide were abruptly affected and hampered, causing nearly total suspension of all in-person activities in schools, colleges, and universities. Government officials prohibited the physical gatherings in educational institutions to reduce the spread of the virus. Therefore, educational institutions have aggressively shifted to alternative learning methods and strategies such as online-based platforms—to seemingly avoid the disruption of education. However, the switch from the face-to-face setting to an entirely online setting introduced a series of challenges, especially for the deaf or hard-of-hearing students. Various recent studies have revealed the underlying infrastructure used by academic institutions may not be suitable for students with hearing impairments. The goal of this study is to perform a literature review of these studies and extract the pressing challenges that deaf and hard-of-hearing students have been facing since their transition to the online setting. We conducted a systematic literature review of 34 articles that were carefully collected, retrieved, and rigorously categorized from various scholarly databases. The articles, included in this study, focused primarily on highlighting high-demanding issues that deaf students experienced in higher education during the pandemic. This study contributes to the research literature by providing a detailed analysis of technological challenges hindering the learning experience of deaf students. Furthermore, the study extracts takeaways and proposed solutions, from the literature, for researchers, education specialists, and higher education authorities to adopt. This work calls for investigating broader and yet more effective teaching and learning strategies for deaf and hard-of-hearing students so that they can benefit from a better online learning experience.

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Impact of Social Isolation due to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Patients With Pediatric Disorders: Rehabilitation Perspectives From a Developing Country

Cited by 16 publications

References 19 publications

Evaluation of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on children with cerebral palsy, caregivers’ quality of life, and caregivers' fear of COVID-19 with telemedicine

Evaluation of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on children with cerebral palsy, caregivers’ quality of life, and caregivers' fear of COVID-19 with telemedicine

Feasibility and Acceptability of a Real-Time Telerehabilitation Intervention for Children and Young Adults with Acquired Brain Injury During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Experience Report

If online learning works for you, what about deaf students? Emerging challenges of online learning for deaf and hearing-impaired students during COVID-19: a literature review

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