Table 6.

Coping strategies used with children during COVID-19 by GAD-7 score and SDQ score (N = 1469)

				Anxiety GAD-7 Score (≥8)			SDQ Score (SDQ ≥ 5)
Characteristics	Category	Frequency (n)	%	%(n)	Chi-square χ2	p-value	%(n)	Chi-square χ2	p-value
I have openly discussed COVID-19 with my family	No children	178	12.1	53.9 (96)	10.79	0.013*	2.7 (2)	13.42	0.004*
	Never	27	1.8	33.3 (9)			4.2 (1)
	Occasionally	259	17.6	42.5 (110)			14.1 (30)
	Most of the time/Always	1005	68.4	51.4 (517)			17.1 (145)
I have educated my children about PPE	No children	316	21.5	52.2 (165)	10.19	0.017*	2.4 (3)	21.27	≤0.001*
	Never	13	0.9	23.1 (3)			0 (0)
	Occasionally	56	3.8	33.9 (19)			10.9 (5)
	Most of the time/Always	1084	73.8	50.3 (545)			17.3 (170)
I reassure my children they are safe	No children	331	22.5	52.6 (174)	1.89	0.595	2.3 (3)	23.80	≤0.001*
	Never	20	1.4	45 (9)			0 (0)
	Occasionally	92	6.3	45.7 (42)			20.3 (16)
	Most of the time/Always	1026	69.8	49.4 (507)			17 (159)
I have limited news exposure	No children	407	27.7	50.9 (207)	11.20	0.011*	3 (6)	37.10	≤0.001*
	Never	205	14.0	41 (84)			11.2 (21)
	Occasionally	216	14.7	45.8 (99)			22.1 (43)
	Most of the time/Always	641	43.6	53.4 (342)			18.6 (108)
I have created a schedule for learning	No children	335	22.8	48.4 (162)	0.51	0.916	6.6 (10)	10.40	0.015*
	Never	104	7.1	51 (53)			17.4 (16)
	Occasionally	288	19.6	51 (147)			16.4 (42)
	Most of the time/Always	742	50.5	49.9 (370)			16.7 (111)
I have maintained a regular routine	No children	225	15.3	50.7 (114)	2.26	0.521	4.4 (4)	8.99	0.029*
	Never	47	3.2	46.8 (22)			14.7 (5)
	Occasionally	185	12.6	54.6 (101)			16.2 (25)
	Most of the time/Always	1012	68.9	48.9 (495)			16.3 (144)
Overall Coping strategies Total Category	Low use of coping strategies	705	48.0	49.7(366)	1.65	0.199	5.6 (10)	9.01	< 0.001*
	High use of coping strategies	765	52.0	50.3(371)			17.1 (168)

^*Significant at p < 0.05