Post-COVID-19 condition at 6 months and COVID-19 vaccination in non-hospitalised children and young people

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OBJECTIVES: To describe the physical and mental health of children and young people (CYP) 6 months after infection with SARS-CoV-2 and explore whether this varies by COVID-19 vaccination.

DESIGN: A non-hospitalised, national cohort of people aged 11-17 years old with PCR-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection and PCR negatives matched at study invitation, by age, sex, region and date of testing who completed questionnaires 6 months after PCR testing. The questionnaire included 21 symptoms and standardised scales (eg, EQ-5D-Y and Chalder Fatigue Scale).

RESULTS: 6407 test-positive and 6542 test-negative CYP completed the 6-month questionnaire: 60.9% of test-positive vs 43.2% of test-negative CYP reported at least one symptom 6 months post-test; 27.6% of test-positive vs 15.9% of test-negative CYP reported 3+ symptoms. Common symptoms at 6 months were tiredness and shortness of breath among both test-positive and test-negative CYP; however, the prevalence of both was higher in test-positive (38.4% and 22.8%, respectively) compared with test-negative CYP (26.7% and 10.9%, respectively). 24.5% test-positive vs 17.8% test-negative CYP met the Delphi research definition of long COVID. Mental health, well-being, fatigue and health-related quality of life scores were similar among test-positive and test-negative CYP 6 months post-test. Similarly, symptomatology was similar among COVID-19-vaccinated and COVID-19-unvaccinated test-positive and test-negative CYP.

CONCLUSIONS: Six-months post-PCR testing, CYP who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 had similar symptoms to those who tested negative, but test-positive CYP had higher symptom prevalence. Mental health, well-being, fatigue and health-related quality of life were similar among test-positive and test-negative CYP, and symptoms at 6 months were similar in COVID-19 vaccinated and unvaccinated.

TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ISRCTN 34804192.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:108

Enthalten in:

Archives of disease in childhood - 108(2023), 4 vom: 16. Apr., Seite 289-295

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pinto Pereira, Snehal M [VerfasserIn]
Nugawela, Manjula D [VerfasserIn]
Rojas, Natalia K [VerfasserIn]
Shafran, Roz [VerfasserIn]
McOwat, Kelsey [VerfasserIn]
Simmons, Ruth [VerfasserIn]
Ford, Tamsin [VerfasserIn]
Heyman, Isobel [VerfasserIn]
Ladhani, Shamez N [VerfasserIn]
Cheung, Emily Y [VerfasserIn]
Fox-Smith, Lana [VerfasserIn]
Dalrymple, Emma [VerfasserIn]
Stephenson, Terence [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adolescent health
COVID-19
COVID-19 Vaccines
Child health
Journal Article
Paediatrics
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 21.03.2023

Date Revised 13.04.2023

published: Print-Electronic

ISRCTN: ISRCTN34804192

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/archdischild-2022-324656

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM351108122