The Impact of COVID-19 on Children and Adolescents with Chronic Illness.

Autor: Nearchou F; School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Belfield Campus, Newman Building, Dublin, 4, Ireland. foiniki.nearchou@ucd.ie., Flinn C; School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Belfield Campus, Newman Building, Dublin, 4, Ireland.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Advances in experimental medicine and biology [Adv Exp Med Biol] 2024; Vol. 1457, pp. 385-399.
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-61939-7_22
Abstrakt: Children and adolescents living with chronic illness may already be at a disadvantage when compared to their healthy peers in achieving developmental milestones as they are required to manage healthcare aspects of their condition in addition to the typical transitions associated with this developmental stage. The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted on the physical and mental well-being of children and adolescents including those young people living with a chronic illness. Disruptions and delays of healthcare service provision, prolonged lockdowns, strict social distancing measures, and school closures are some of the pandemic implications that have affected daily routines imposing strains on young people themselves, but also on their caregivers. This chapter presents a critical elaboration on the available evidence documenting the unique impact of the pandemic at an individual-, family-, and system-level on children and adolescents aged up to 18 years old living with a non-communicable disease (e.g., cancer, diabetes, asthma).
(© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.)
Databáze: MEDLINE