Previously submitted to: JMIR Mental Health (no longer under consideration since Nov 02, 2021)
Date Submitted: Nov 2, 2021
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Psychosomatic symptoms in preschool children and how to treat them
ABSTRACT
Background:
Recent years saw an increase in children with emotional problems. There are many socioeconomic, political, and other processes going on in the world right now, which change how we live and what is surrounding us
Objective:
Recent years saw an increase in children with emotional problems. There are many socioeconomic, political, and other processes going on in the world right now, which change how we live and what is surrounding us. These changes may negatively affect the health of children, both somatic and mental sides. The current study aims to determine the structure of psychosomatic symptoms in preschool children and develop an effective treatment method for preschool teachers to deploy.
Methods:
A total of 259 children aged 4 to 5 years from Moscow preschools were divided into two groups: children (n = 92) exposed to a standard education program and children (n = 167) enrolled in the proposed education program for psychosomatic enhancement. The experiment lasted 6 months.
Results:
Using the proposed education program led to substantial improvements in the following KiddyKINDL subscales from baseline: Physical Well-being (1.19-fold increase, p <0.05), Emotional Well-being (1.24-fold increase, p <0.05), Self-esteem (1.21-fold increase, p <0.05), Family (1.17-fold increase, p <0.05), and Kiddy Parents (1.2-fold increase, p <0.05). The control group demonstrated slight but not significant improvements (p> 0.05).
Conclusions:
Therefore, the preschool teachers can use the proposed education program to enhance the psychosomatic health of preschool-aged children.
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