Long/post-COVID in children and adolescents: symptom onset and recovery after one year based on healthcare records in Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Evidence on the incidence and persistence of post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) among children and adolescents is still limited.

Methods

In this retrospective cohort study, 59,339 children and adolescents with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 in 2020 and 170,940 matched controls were followed until 2021-09-30 using German routine healthcare data. Incidence rate differences (ΔIR) and ratios (IRR) of 96 potential PASC were estimated using Poisson regression. Analyses were stratified according to age (0-11, 12-17 years), and sex. At the individual level, persistence of diagnoses in patients with onset symptoms was tracked starting from the first quarter post-infection.

Results

At 0-3 month follow-up, children and adolescents with a previous SARS-CoV-2 infection

SUBMITTER: Ehm F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11825604 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature