COVID-19-related anxiety trajectories in children, young people and adults with rheumatic diseases.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Uncertainty regarding the risk of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), its complications and the safety of immunosuppressive therapies may drive anxiety among adults and parents of children and young people (CYP) with rheumatic diseases. This study explored trajectories of COVID-related anxiety in adults and parents of CYP with rheumatic diseases.

Methods

Adults and parents of CYP participating in the international COVID-19 European Patient Registry were included in the current study if they had enrolled in the 4 weeks following 24 March 2020. COVID-related anxiety scores (0-10) were collected weekly for up to 28 weeks.Group-based trajectory models explored COVID-related anxiety clusters in adult and parent populations, with optimal models chosen based on model fi

SUBMITTER: Shoop-Worrall SJW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9890081 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature