Functioning of children and adolescents with Down syndrome and the association with environmental barriers and facilitators during the COVID-19 pandemic

Autor(es)

Brugnaro, Beatriz Helena ^[1] ; de Camargo, Olaf Kraus ^[2] ; Corsi, Carolina ^[1] ; de Campos, Ana Carolina ^[1] ; Fernandes, Gesica ^[1] ; Pavao, Silvia Leticia ^[3] ; Cicuto Ferreira Rocha, Nelci Adriana ^[1]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Fed Univ Sao Carlos UFSCar, Sao Carlos - Brazil

^[2] McMaster Univ, Hamilton, ON - Canada

^[3] Fed Univ Parana UFPR, Curitiba, Parana - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES; SEP 2021.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

Purpose: To compare functioning and environmental aspects before and during physical distancing (DPD) and to determine which social, physical, behavioral and functioning aspects of DPD are correlated. Methods: Sixteen parents of children/adolescents with Down syndrome (11.38 +/- 3.00 years) were surveyed before and DPD. Paired t-tests were used to compare functioning and environmental aspects before and DPD and chi-square tests were used to test associations. Results: There were increases in the frequency (p < 0.001) and involvement (p = 0.01) in home participation and on the impact, noticed by the parents, of the possibility of child to participate in daily activities (p = 0.036), as well as a reduction in social supports perceived by caregivers (p = 0.049). An association was found between the child's socio-emotional difficulties symptoms and practice of physical activity (p = 0.043) and with parents' satisfaction with the level of child's home participation (p = 0.042). Conclusion: Functioning can be affected in either positive or negative ways. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 19/13716-0 - Determinantes da participação nos ambientes da casa, da escola e da comunidade de crianças e adolescentes com Síndrome de Down
• Beneficiário: Beatriz Helena Brugnaro
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado Direto
• Processo FAPESP: 19/13570-6 - Caracterização da atividade e participação de crianças e adolescentes com Síndrome de Down: influência de fatores biopsicossociais
• Beneficiário: Nelci Adriana Cicuto Ferreira Rocha
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular