Evaluation of Asthma Control Status and Anxiety Level During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Children with Asthma
Turkish Journal of Pediatric Disease
; 15(5):386-393, 2021.
Article
in Turkish
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-2241997
ABSTRACT
Objective:
We aimed to evaluate asthma control status, drug compliance and anxiety levels of children and their parents who were followed up with the diagnosis of asthma during the COVID-19 pandemic. Material andMethods:
Sixty-seven children aged between 8-12 years diagnosed with asthma and their parents were prospectively recruited to the study. A questionnaire including demographic features such as age, gender, asthma medications and questions about COVID-19 prepared according to a 5-point Likert scale was conducted to the parents. Children completed the State-Trait Anxiety Inventories for Children (STAI-C) scales, and childhood asthma control test(c-ACT). Parents also fulfilled STAI scales.Results:
The mean age of the patients was 9.5±1.2 years, the median follow-up period for asthma (C-ACT) was 36 (21-66) months, and 45 (67.2%) were male. Most of the children were using their asthma medication regularly. Children's STAI-C state and trait anxiety scores showed a statistically significant positive correlation with parents' STAI state and trait anxiety scores. The anxiety levels of parents who thought that they would get the disease and that there would be no effective treatment and vaccine against COVID-19 were found to be higher.Conclusion:
During the pandemic period, regular asthma follow-up and drug compliance are very important controlling asthma symptoms in children. Considering the effects of the pandemic in children with asthma, psychosocial evaluations during outpatient controls may have positive effects on children's mental health and disease control.
anxiety; article; asthma; Asthma Control Test; child; controlled study; coronavirus disease 2019; demography; disease control; female; follow up; gender; human; Likert scale; major clinical study; male; medication compliance; mental health; outpatient; pandemic; prospective study; school child; State Trait Anxiety Inventory; vaccine
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Type of study:
Experimental Studies
Language:
Turkish
Journal:
Turkish Journal of Pediatric Disease
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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