Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 on the Pediatric Population with Aerodigestive Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) quarantine on baseline health, medication use, health anxiety, and healthcare use in pediatric patients with aerodigestive disease and to evaluate for associations of commonly prescribed medications with the risk of COVID-19 illness.

Study design

Prospective study of patients presenting in person to pediatric neurogastroenterology clinics between July 2020 and March 2021.

Results

Of 202 recruited patients, 71.3% were seen in the aerodigestive diseases center and 28.7% in the functional abdominal pain (FAP)/motility clinic. Of all patients, 25.1% reported improved overall health during quarantine; patients with aerodigestive disease (35.3%) reported higher rates of improved overall health comp

SUBMITTER: Beinvogl B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8686454 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature