Table 3.
Parents’ responses to the telephone interview.
| Questions | |
|---|---|
| In your opinion, the family management during this lockdown period is: | |
| worse | 275/383 (71.80%) |
| unchanged | 89/383 (23.23%) |
| improved | 19/383 (4.96%) |
| If the family management has worsened, what are the principal reasons that led to difficulties in management? (more than one answer can be provided) | |
| changes in daily routine | 195/275 (70.90%) |
| home confining | 185/275 (67.27%) |
| distance learning | 178/275 (64.72%) |
| discontinuation of rehabilitative therapy | 146/275 (53.09%) |
| decrease in social relationships | 113/275 (41.09%) |
| emotional impact linked to the perception of danger | 98/275 (35.63%) |
| Smart-working | 71/275 (25.81%) |
| In your opinion, the symptoms related to your child’s medical condition worsened during the lockdown period. | |
| yes | 168/383 (43.86%) |
| no | 215/383 (56.14%) |
| In your opinion, is your child having sleep problems that were not present before? | |
| yes | 114/383 (29.77%) |
| no | 269/383 (70.23%) |
| In your opinion, is your child having eating problems that were not present before? | |
| yes | 108/383 (28.20%) |
| no | 275/383 (71.80%) |
| On a scale of 1 to 10, how concerned are you about the general pandemic situation? | 7.6 ± 2.13 (mean ± standard deviation) |
| What are your main reasons for concern? (more than one answer can be provided) | |
| fear of COVID contagion | 182/383 (47.51%) |
| worsening of the child’s clinical symptoms | 118/383 (30.80%) |
| difficulty in obtaining medical assistance | 84/383 (21.93%) |
| difficulties in family routine and management | 78/383 (20.36%) |
| emergence or worsening of emotional/behavioral problems in the child | 58/383 (15.14%) |
| Are you benefiting or have you benefitedfrom online psychological support providedduring the COVID-19 emergency? | |
| yes | 8/383 (2.08%) |
| no | 375/383 (97.91%) |
| What are the reasons why you did not benefitfrom online psychological support? | |
| I was not aware of the online psychological support service | 178/375 (47.46%) |
| I didn’t consider online psychological support necessary | 129/375 (34.40%) |
| Online psychological support was not provided in my municipality | 39/375 (10.41%) |
| Other | 29/375 (7.73%) |