فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Background: Anxiety is one of the most common psychological issues among all age groupsincluding children. The main role of parents has been known to support their children. Being faraway from a source of support has been shown to be a potential trigger for childhood anxiety.Periodical jobs, including offshore work, are among the main reasons for absence of one ofthe parents. Therefore, this study aims to assess anxiety in children of National Iranian DrillingCompany offshore staff. Materials and Methods: In this historical cohort study, 160 studentsincluding 80 boys and 80 girls were selected through convenient random sampling from theschools of National Iranian Drilling Company. Data were collected using Revised Children’sManifest Anxiety Inventory (by Reynolds and Richmond), consisting 37 items and a demographicquestionnaire. The collected data were statistically analyzed by t-test and logistic regressiontests through SPSS software. Results: The mean anxiety score was 12.80 among offshore staff’schildren and 11.67 among the children of the based staff. The ratio of manifest anxiety amongthe offshore workers’ children was significantly more than the based ones’. Conclusions: Basedon the findings, offshore fathers’ job affects the anxiety of the children.