"We Could Hold Our Own Here at Home": Longitudinal Experience of COVID-19 Lockdowns in Parents With Children Affected With Interstitial Lung Disease.

ABSTRACT: The global health emergency of COVID-19 in early 2020 placed much of the population under quarantine. Interstitial Lung Disease in childhood (chILD) was recommended to be a pediatric clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) group in April 2020 for shielding due to the unknown health consequences of COVID-19 in children with chronic respiratory conditions. This qualitative longitudinal research study explores how chILD parents in the UK experienced COVID-19 lockdown from over two interview time points. Participants (n = 8) were recruited from chILD patient organizations and online communities. Interview one focused on the period between January 2020 to July 2020, gaining personal insight into respondent's experience of lockdowns, which included questions on support systems and media coverage o

SUBMITTER: Gilbert C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11748111 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature