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Recent impact of COVID-19 pandemic home quarantine on infant neuropsychiatric development during perinatal period |
MA Fuchan, ZHANG Jing, YANG Lulu, PENG Yongmei |
Department of Child Healthcare, Shanghai Maternal and Child Health Center, Shanghai 200062, China |
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Abstract Objective To analyze recent impact of COVID-19 pandemic home quarantine on infant neuropsychiatric development during the perinatal period. Methods Infants aged 2 months born from October 2021 to January 2022 were selected as the control group(n=177), and infants aged 2 months born from March to July 2022 were selected as the experiment group(n=119). The infants in the experiment group experienced the COVID-19 pandemic home quarantine. The neuropsychiatric development of the infants the of two groups at the age of 2 months was compared by using the age and stage questionnaires from five functional areas, including communication, gross motor, fine motor, solving problem, and person-society. Results The incidence rates of neuropsychological development retardation in the experiment group and the control group were 7.56% and 6.78%, with no significant difference(P>0.05). The scores of communication and female infants’ gross motor in the experiment group were significantly lower than those of the control group(P<0.05). There were no significant differences among other functional areas’ scores and the total score of infants in both groups (P>0.05). Conclusion The COVID-19 pandemic home quarantine during the perinatal period has certain negative impact on the communication and female infants’ gross motor skills. Positive intervention measures should be given.
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