Challenges for Primary Caregivers during the COVID‑19 Pandemic in Accessing Health Care of Children with Chronic Diseases under Periodic Follow‑up at a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India

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dc.contributor.authorRajamanickam, Ramyaen_US
dc.contributor.authorJayanandan, Rajeshen_US
dc.contributor.authorJayaraman, Aparnaen_US
dc.contributor.authorSivathanu, Shobhanaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-14T07:59:03Z
dc.date.available2023-07-14T07:59:03Z
dc.date.issued2022-12
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Challenges faced by the primary caregivers during the COVID‑19 pandemic help to identify their needs and health seeking behavior during pandemic. Objectives: (1) To describe the factors associated with periodic follow‑up at the hospital which posed as difficulties to their primary caregivers during the COVID‑19 pandemic. (2) To identify the measures adopted by these primary caregivers to overcome those difficulties. MaterialsandMethods: This hospital‑based cross‑sectional observational study was conducted from May to August 2021 among 57 primary caregivers of children with chronic diseases registered before March 1, 2020, who were under periodic follow‑up in our pediatrics department. Data were collected by direct or telephonic interview using a predesigned semi‑structured questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics like mean, standard deviation, proportions and paired “t”‑test using Epi info and IBM SPSS trial version 28.0. Results: Frequency of hospital visits of 14 (24.6%) subjects were reduced during the COVID pandemic compared to the prepandemic period. During the COVID pandemic, 42 (73.7%) subjects had faced transportation difficulties, 23 (40.3%) had faced financial difficulties, 22 (38.6%) had skipped their scheduled follow‑up visits and around 31.6% of them have feared of contracting COVID. None had availed telemedicine consultation for their children either before or during the pandemic. Conclusions: Difficulties faced in transportation, fear of contracting COVID, financial difficulties, and lack of awareness of teleconsultation services were identified as their major obstacles.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Paediatrics, ESICMC and PGIMSRen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Omandurar Government Estate, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationRajamanickam Ramya, Jayanandan Rajesh, Jayaraman Aparna, Sivathanu Shobhana. Challenges for Primary Caregivers during the COVID‑19 Pandemic in Accessing Health Care of Children with Chronic Diseases under Periodic Follow‑up at a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India. Acta Medica International. 2022 Dec; 9(2): 108-114en_US
dc.identifier.issn2349-0896
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/219147
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherWolters Kluwer - Medknowen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber2en_US
dc.relation.volume9en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.4103/amit.amit_55_22en_US
dc.subjectChallengesen_US
dc.subjectchronic diseasesen_US
dc.subjectCOVID‑19en_US
dc.subjectfollow‑upen_US
dc.subjectprimary caregiversen_US
dc.subjecttelehealthen_US
dc.titleChallenges for Primary Caregivers during the COVID‑19 Pandemic in Accessing Health Care of Children with Chronic Diseases under Periodic Follow‑up at a Tertiary Care Hospital in South Indiaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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