How do orphan disease patients live during the pandemic of Omicron variant? A nationwide survey of spinal muscular atrophy patients in China

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OBJECTIVES: To investigate the challenges of patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) during the Omicron variant COVID-19 pandemic.

DESIGN: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in China from January 02, 2023, to January 12, 2023, using a questionnaire that covered three aspects: (1) Demographic information; (2) SMA-related information; and (3) COVID-19-related information. We recruited patients with SMA from 33 provinces. The prevalence, course, and clinical manifestations of COVID-19 were calculated. The relationships between independent and outcome variables were investigated.

RESULTS: In total, 677 patients (male: 349; female: 328) were included in this study (average age = 11.40 years); 534 (78.88%) suffered from COVID-19. The most common symptoms were fever (95.51%), cough (57.87%), and sputum (49.44%). Of the infected patients, 91.57% recovered with at-home care, and 8.43% were hospitalized; 1.31% were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). A positive correlation was observed between the SMA severity and hospitalization rate. The ICU stay rate in patients with SMA type I was significantly higher than that in other SMA types.

CONCLUSION: This is the first large sample survey to timely reveal the living situation of patients with SMA during the COVID-19 pandemic's Omicron variant. Patients with SMA type I should be paid more attention in terms of hospitalization and ICU stay.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:134

Enthalten in:

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 134(2023) vom: 01. Sept., Seite 187-194

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jiao, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Junduo [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Zhen [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Cai, Haoyu [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Xu'an [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Peiyu [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Jiayi [VerfasserIn]
Song, Fang [VerfasserIn]
Xiong, Hui [VerfasserIn]
Dai, Yi [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Weiyun [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Jianxiong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19 pandemic
Journal Article
Orphan disease
SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant
Spinal muscular atrophy
Vaccination

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Date Completed 09.08.2023

Date Revised 10.08.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijid.2023.06.015

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM358542847