Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on children with asthma in Jordan: a parental questionnaire
| Autor: | Arwa Kiswani, Raya Abualsoud, Araek Alshraideh, Hala Alnawaiseh, Enas Al-Zayadneh, Sara Almaaitah, Shereen M. Aleidi, Basim Alqutawneh, Montaha Al-Iede, Raghad Mahmoud, Karen A. Waters, Al-Motassem Yousef |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Parents Telemedicine medicine.medical_specialty Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Adolescent Allergy 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Pediatrics RJ1-570 Pulmonary function testing 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Pandemic medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Child Pandemics Asthma Asthma exacerbations Jordan business.industry SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 Emergency department medicine.disease adolescent health virology Cross-Sectional Studies Family medicine Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Communicable Disease Control Female business Emergency Service Hospital Adolescent health |
| Zdroj: | BMJ Paediatrics Open BMJ Paediatrics Open, Vol 5, Iss 1 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2399-9772 |
| Popis: | ObjectiveTo evaluate the impact of a 10-week lockdown on children with asthma aged 4–17 years in terms of presentations to the emergency department (ED), frequency of admissions, compliance with medications and changes in pulmonary function testing results.Design and settingA questionnaire-based cross-sectional study using Google Forms to collect parents’ and caregivers’ responses after they consented to participation.ResultsA total of 374 parents/caregivers were contacted and 297 (79%) responded. The majority of the children were male (188 or 63%) and 49.8% were aged 7–12 years. More than half of the participants (194 or 65%) reported improved compliance with medications and spacer use. There was a significant reduction in the number of presentations to the ED from 137 to 80 and admissions to hospital from 56 to 24 during the 10-week lockdown period compared with the same time period in the previous year (p≤0.0001). Around 25% of the participants used telemedicine by phone and social media applications for communication with their treating physician and 59 (80%) described it as easy and smooth.ConclusionThe national lockdown in Jordan due to the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a fall in emergency presentations and hospital admissions for acute asthma exacerbations. Parental responses indicate that fears focused around COVID-19 were associated with enhanced compliance with use preventer medications during the lockdown. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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