Papachristou Eirini, Deftereos Savas, Asimakidou Maria, Bekiaridou Konstantina, Foutzitzi Soultana, Defteraiou Soteria, Oikonomou Panagoula, Gogoulis Ioannis, Nikolaou Christina, Aggelidou Maria, Sinopidis Xenophon, Romanidis Konstantinos, Tsaroucha Alexandra, Kambouri Katerina
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Alexandroupolis University Hospital, Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece.
Department of Radiology, Alexandroupolis University Hospital, Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece.
Clin Pract. 2023 Nov 15;13(6):1449-1459. doi: 10.3390/clinpract13060129.
(1) Background: Children are susceptible to home injuries. How prepared parents were to protect their children from accidents before and during the COVID-19 quarantine is uncertain. (2) Methods: We conducted a community-based, cross-sectional study in Greece between November and December 2021. We asked parents to complete an anonymous questionnaire voluntarily. Questions focused on accident-preventive measures taken at home during the COVID-19 quarantine. (3) Results: A greater proportion of parents took protective measures for a safer home before the lockdown than during the quarantine, while an interesting percentage of parents never utilized preventive measures for their children. Slightly more than half (58.6%) of parents did not seem to worry about a possible increase in domestic accidents during the quarantine. It was observed that those who had one or two children took more protective measures than those with more than two children. Older parents seemed to explain to their children how to access emergency services more often. Mothers stayed at home with the children more often, and their education affected the presence of some of the assessed measures. In our logistic regression modeling, parental concern about accidents was more related to the incidence of an accident during the pandemic and attendance at seminars. (4) Conclusions: Although the COVID-19 lockdowns disorganized family life, parents were aware of the importance of their parenting role in creating a safe environment for children, but according to the study, there is room for improvement.
(1) 背景：儿童易受家庭伤害。在新冠疫情封锁之前及期间，父母在保护孩子免受事故伤害方面准备得如何尚不确定。(2) 方法：2021年11月至12月期间，我们在希腊开展了一项基于社区的横断面研究。我们要求父母自愿填写一份匿名问卷。问题聚焦于新冠疫情封锁期间在家采取的事故预防措施。(3) 结果：与封锁期间相比，更多父母在封锁前采取了保护措施以营造更安全的家庭环境，然而有相当比例的父母从未为孩子采取预防措施。略超过一半（58.6%）的父母似乎并不担心封锁期间家庭事故可能增加。据观察，有一两个孩子的父母比有两个以上孩子的父母采取了更多保护措施。年长的父母似乎更常向孩子解释如何获取紧急服务。母亲更常与孩子待在家里，且她们的教育程度影响了一些评估措施的存在情况。在我们的逻辑回归模型中，父母对事故的担忧与疫情期间事故发生率及参加研讨会的情况关联更大。(4) 结论：尽管新冠疫情封锁打乱了家庭生活，但父母意识到他们在为孩子创造安全环境方面育儿角色的重要性，但根据研究，仍有改进空间。
