Social-emotional and behavioural problems in young children of healthcare worker mothers during the COVID-19 outbreak: a case-control study.

Background: The pandemic has had a significant impact on the daily lives of children and their families, particularly the children of health care workers, due to changes in family routines as a result of their parents' work schedules. We aimed to explore the socioemotional and behavioural (SEB) problems of children of healthcare worker mothers (HCWM) during the COVID-19 pandemic and compare them with age-matched children and their mothers from other occupations.

Method: A case-control study design was applied, and a snowball approach was used to enrol volunteered participants aged between 6 and 36 months of age, through a Google survey.

Turkish adaptation of the maternal cognition about infant sleep questionnaire.

Background: Exploring early childhood sleep problems requires a detailed understanding of parental beliefs and cognitions related to infant sleep. There is a need for validated measures to investigate the cognitions of Turkish mothers about infant sleep however no scale measuring parental perceptions related to infant sleep behaviors in Turkish is available. We aimed to culturally adapt the Maternal Cognitions about Infant Sleep Questionnaire (MCISQ) in Turkish.

The role of free vitamin D and vitamin D binding protein in SARS-Cov-2 infection in children.

Background: Many studies have discussed the effects of serum vitamin D deficiency in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) patients. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between SARS-CoV-2 infection severity and free vitamin D (FVD) and bioavailable vitamin D (BAVD) levels in children.

Methods: A prospective case-control study design was used.

Associations between sleep characteristics and glycemic variability in youth with type 1 diabetes.

Objective: This study aimed to determine sleep characteristics and their associations with glycemic variability in youth with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

Material And Methods: This cross-sectional study conducted at two pediatric diabetes centers in Istanbul, Turkey, included 84 children with T1D (mean age 10.5 years).