儿童和青少年的长期COVID:与伊朗的基于人口的对照组进行历史队列研究
Mohsen Sarani1, Niloofar Motamed2, Gisou Hatami3
1Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Bushehr university of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran.
BMC infectious diseases
|September 30, 2024
概括
长期COVID的症状,如疲劳和注意力问题,影响了超过30%的住院儿童. 增加年龄和暴露于烟草烟雾是发展这些持续症状的重要危险因素.
科学领域:
- 儿科 儿科 儿科
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 长期COVID或急性COVID-19感染后持续症状影响儿童和青少年.
- 了解这些长期影响对于儿科医疗保健和康复管理至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在伊朗布什尔 (2021-2023) 的住院儿童和青少年中识别和描述长期COVID症状.
- 为了比较COVID-19幸存者和非受影响的对照组之间的症状患病率.
- 为了确定与长期COVID在这个儿科患者群体中发展相关的风险因素.
主要方法:
- 一个历史的队列研究设计与基于人口的对照组.
- 包括141名患有COVID-19的住院儿童和141名匹配的未受影响的同龄人.
- 通过医疗记录,电话采访和标准化症状表格收集数据;使用SPSS进行统计分析,包括后勤回归.
主要成果:
- 32.6%的住院儿童经历了长期的COVID症状,最常见的是疲劳,注意力受损和抑郁/焦虑.
- 在65.2%的长期COVID患者中,观察到中度的疾病严重程度.
- 在疾病严重程度和肌肉/关节疼痛之间,以及住院时间和咳,体重减轻和抑郁/焦虑症状之间发现了显著的关联.
结论:
- 高龄和有烟草烟雾暴露史是儿童长期COVID的独立风险因素.
- 经历长期COVID症状的可能性随着年龄和接触烟草烟雾而增加.
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