Post-consultation illness trajectories in children with acute cough and respiratory tract infection: prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about respiratory tract infection (RTI) severity in children following consultation.

Objectives

To investigate post-consultation symptom trajectories in children with acute cough and RTI and whether baseline characteristics predict trajectory group.

Methods

Prospective cohort study of 2296 children (3 months-16 years) whose parents were invited to report cough severity and duration using a 7-point Likert scale. Longitudinal latent class analysis (LLCA) was used to identify post-consultation symptom trajectories in the first 15 days, and multinomial models to predict class membership.

Results

Complete data were available for 1408 children (61%). The best LLCA model identified five post-consultation symptom trajectory groups: 'very rapi

SUBMITTER: Wensaas KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6290772 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature