Table 5.
Practices adopted by parents to help children cope with the restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic (n = 464).
| Practices | Yes |
No |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |
| Finding out what the child knows about COVID-19 | 404 | 87.10 | 60 | 12.90 |
| Defining what COVID-19 is | 417 | 89.90 | 47 | 10.10 |
| Providing information about transmission and ways of protection for COVID-19 | 435 | 97.50 | 29 | 6.25 |
| Explaining what has been done about COVID-19 | 413 | 89.10 | 51 | 10.90 |
| Observing the child's reactions and changes | 437 | 94.20 | 27 | 5.80 |
| Making the child feel safe | 450 | 97.00 | 14 | 3.00 |
| Being honest | 447 | 96.40 | 17 | 3.60 |
| Speaking calmly and reassuringly | 450 | 97.00 | 14 | 3.00 |
| Letting the child share his/her fears and worries | 443 | 94.50 | 21 | 4.50 |
| Providing information appropriate to the child's age, referring the child to sources where he/she can obtain information appropriate for his/her age. | 433 | 93.40 | 31 | 6.60 |
| Helping the child to properly understand the news | 443 | 94.50 | 21 | 4.50 |
| Talking to the child about current information frequently | 349 | 75.30 | 115 | 24.70 |
| Receiving professional support | 23 | 4.90 | 441 | 95.10 |
| Conducting daily time planning | 214 | 46.20 | 250 | 53.80 |