Caregiver Experiences Managing Persistent Childhood Asthma During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Clin Pediatr (Phila)
; 61(4): 313-319, 2022 05.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1685821
ABSTRACT
COVID-19 has adversely affected child wellness, but it is unclear whether the pandemic led to changes in home management of chronic diseases like asthma. We surveyed 93 caregivers of children with persistent asthma from 2 ongoing asthma trials to measure changes in home asthma management, stressors, access to health care, and caregivers' worry about COVID-19 affecting their child's health. We conducted descriptive analyses, and assessed whether caregiver worry about COVID-19 was associated with asthma management, stressors, health care access, or recent symptoms. Most (80%) caregivers worried that COVID-19 would affect their child's health, and >50% restricted their child's physical activity to avoid asthma symptoms. We observed a dose-dependent relationship between increasing worry about COVID-19 and activity restrictions, financial hardship, difficulty obtaining asthma medications, and nocturnal asthma symptoms. These findings raise concern that children with persistent asthma may be at particular risk for weight gain and obesity-associated asthma morbidity due to the pandemic.
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Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Asthma
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Child
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Clin Pediatr (Phila)
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
00099228211070659
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