Abstract
We conducted this online survey to assess the parental perspectives on remote learning, the associated stress, and school reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic. Of 2694 responses, 2032 (75.4%) parents perceived remote learning to be stressful for the child and 1902 (70.6%) for the family. The mean (SD) duration of remote learning was 3.2 (2.1) hours/day and 5.3 (1.0) days/week. Parents from 1637 (61.7%) families reported headaches and eye strain in children. Starting regular school was not acceptable to 1946 (72.2%) parents.
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Institutional ethics committee of Hind Institute of Medical Sciences; IEC/IRB No. HIMS/IRB/2020-21/1094, dated July 16, 2020.
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SG, UB: conceptualized the study; UB, SG, PG: devised the methodology and wrote the protocol; UB, SG, PB, RKT: collected data and reviewed the literature. PG, UB: analyzed the data. UB with RKT and PB wrote the first draft. Final manuscript was edited by PG and SG. All authors approved the final manuscript.
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Institutional ethics committee of MAM College; No. 17/IEC/MAMC/2017/Peds/07 dated 10 October, 2017.
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PP: subject assessment, management under supervision, data analysis, and preparing first draft of manuscript; RB: important contribution in study concept, data analysis and manuscript preparation; DM: Study concept, supervision and finalization of manuscript. All authors approved the final manuscript.
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