Alonso-Esteban Yurena, López-Ramón María Fernanda, Moreno-Campos Verónica, Navarro-Pardo Esperanza, Alcantud-Marín Francisco
PSiDEHESO Research Team, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain.
Brain Sci. 2021 Oct 22;11(11):1389. doi: 10.3390/brainsci11111389.
The COVID-19 pandemic had imposed a variety of containment measures on the general population for prolonged periods. Confinement has had, and still has, social, economic, educational, health, and psychological consequences on the entire population.
In this article, a systematic search has been performed based on studies carried out since the beginning of the pandemic, regarding the impact of these containment measures on the autism spectrum disorder (ASD) population and their caregivers.
We consulted six databases (i.e., PubMed, Medline, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, and Science Direct) and selected ten studies that met the inclusion criteria. The chosen studies have been classified according to their theoretical focus, methodology, and target population.
We found an increase in stress and a decrease in psychological well-being among individuals diagnosed with ASD (i.e., parents and caregivers). Additionally, in studies focused on children, youth, and adults with ASD diagnosis, the results are contradictory depending on variables such as age, ASD severity, or type of family structure.
The results show that the consequences of quarantine and social confinement are quite contradictory and depend on variables such as age, ASD severity, and family features.
新冠疫情长期对普通民众实施了多种防控措施。封锁已经并仍在对全体民众产生社会、经济、教育、健康和心理方面的影响。
在本文中，我们基于疫情开始以来开展的研究，对这些防控措施对自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）人群及其照料者的影响进行了系统检索。
我们查阅了六个数据库（即PubMed、Medline、Embase、Scopus、科学网和科学直读），并筛选出十项符合纳入标准的研究。所选研究已根据其理论重点、方法和目标人群进行了分类。
我们发现，被诊断患有ASD的个体（即父母和照料者）压力增加，心理健康状况下降。此外，在针对患有ASD诊断的儿童、青少年和成年人的研究中，结果因年龄、ASD严重程度或家庭结构类型等变量而相互矛盾。
结果表明，隔离和社会封锁的后果相当矛盾，且取决于年龄、ASD严重程度和家庭特征等变量。
