EDI-CAT: quality strategy for pediatric covid-19 research in Catalonia
Pediatria Catalana
; 82(2):59-64, 2022.
Article
in Catalan
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-2030845
ABSTRACT
Ground. The sudden outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic resulted in a need to start coordinated research projects on the disease. The creation of the COPEDI-CAT group (July 2020;more than 170 professionals) to study pediatric covid-19 in Catalonia represents a good example of this effort. Objective. To disseminate the results of the COPEDI-CAT group to show the feasibility of a quality muftidisciplinary research strategy with wide participation of primary care (PC). Method. Review of the scientific production of the COPEDI-CAT group generated by a muftidisciplinary team. The group reviewed ongoing studies and collected data, proposed new projects, implemented interventions recommended by expert professionals (local, national, and international), and created a space for debate and monitoring of the pandemic. Results. The main questions about the symptoms, transmissibility, severity, and main complications of covid-19 in pediatrics (multisystem inflammatory syndrome and long covid-19) have been addressed. This research has generated papers at national and international conferences, high-impact scientific publications, recommended clinical guidelines for the management of long covid-19, clinical prediction models, research grants (Prandi and Marató TV3 scholarship) and the participation in the «Escoles Sen-tinella» project. Conclusions. The covid-19 pandemic has represented a unique opportunity to carry out quality multidisciplinary research in pediatrics at PC. COPEDI-CAT can be a model for future research on diseases that affect children and adolescents in our country.
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EMBASE
Language:
Catalan
Journal:
Pediatria Catalana
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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