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Article

Social, Academic and Health Status Impact of Long COVID on Children and Young People: An Observational, Descriptive, and Longitudinal Cohort Study

by
Alba Gonzalez-Aumatell
1,2,*,†,
Maria Victoria Bovo
1,†,
Clara Carreras-Abad
1,
Sara Cuso-Perez
1,
Èlia Domènech Marsal
1,
Roser Coll-Fernández
3,
Aroia Goicoechea Calvo
3,
Maria Giralt-López
4,5,
Antonia Enseñat Cantallops
6,
Sara Moron-Lopez
7,8,
Javier Martinez-Picado
7,8,9,10,
Paula Sol Ventura
11,
Carlos Rodrigo
1,2 and
Maria Méndez Hernández
1,2
1
Department of Pediatrics, Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, 08916 Badalona, Spain
2
Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
3
Department of Rehabilitation, Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, 08916 Badalona, Spain
4
Department of Psychiatry, Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, 08916 Badalona, Spain
5
Department of Psychiatry and Legal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
6
Department of Neurorehabilitation, Institut Guttmann, 08916 Badalona, Spain
7
IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, 08916 Badalona, Spain
8
CIBER de Enfermedades Infecciosas, 28029 Madrid, Spain
9
Department of Infectious Disease and Immunity, University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC), 08500 Vic, Spain
10
Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), 08010 Barcelona, Spain
11
Institut d’Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Spain
 
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These authors contributed equally to this work.
Children 2022, 9(11), 1677; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9111677
Submission received: 25 July 2022 / Revised: 22 September 2022 / Accepted: 18 October 2022 / Published: 31 October 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Impact of COVID-19 in Children)
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Abstract

There is a lack of evidence of the health impacts due to long COVID among children and young people (CYP). The objective of this study is to determine the main clinical characteristics of long COVID in CYP and to investigate the academic, social, and health status impacts of long COVID in this population. An observational, descriptive, and longitudinal study on CYP who presented COVID-19 symptoms for more than twelve weeks after SARS-CoV-2 infection was performed between December 2020 and May 2021. Fifty CYP were included, with a median age of 14.1 years, 33 (66%) were female, and 17 (34%) had a relative diagnosed with long COVID. Since the initial infection and up to the first visit, CYP had persisting symptoms for a median of 4.1 months, and for 18 (36%) CYP these symptoms persisted for more than 6 months. Fatigue (100%), neurocognitive disorders (74%), muscular weakness (74%), and headache (72%) were the most reported symptoms. A total of 9 (18%) CYP could not attend school, 17 (34%) had a reduced schedule, 33 (66%) showed a decreased school performance, and 68% had stopped extracurricular activities. This preliminary study shows the impact that long COVID has on the health, academic, and social life of CYP.
Keywords: long COVID; children; neurocognitive disorders; fatigue; young people; adolescents; post-COVID-19 condition; post-acute COVID-19 syndrome long COVID; children; neurocognitive disorders; fatigue; young people; adolescents; post-COVID-19 condition; post-acute COVID-19 syndrome

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Gonzalez-Aumatell, A.; Bovo, M.V.; Carreras-Abad, C.; Cuso-Perez, S.; Domènech Marsal, È.; Coll-Fernández, R.; Goicoechea Calvo, A.; Giralt-López, M.; Enseñat Cantallops, A.; Moron-Lopez, S.; et al. Social, Academic and Health Status Impact of Long COVID on Children and Young People: An Observational, Descriptive, and Longitudinal Cohort Study. Children 2022, 9, 1677. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9111677

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Gonzalez-Aumatell A, Bovo MV, Carreras-Abad C, Cuso-Perez S, Domènech Marsal È, Coll-Fernández R, Goicoechea Calvo A, Giralt-López M, Enseñat Cantallops A, Moron-Lopez S, et al. Social, Academic and Health Status Impact of Long COVID on Children and Young People: An Observational, Descriptive, and Longitudinal Cohort Study. Children. 2022; 9(11):1677. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9111677

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Gonzalez-Aumatell, Alba, Maria Victoria Bovo, Clara Carreras-Abad, Sara Cuso-Perez, Èlia Domènech Marsal, Roser Coll-Fernández, Aroia Goicoechea Calvo, Maria Giralt-López, Antonia Enseñat Cantallops, Sara Moron-Lopez, and et al. 2022. "Social, Academic and Health Status Impact of Long COVID on Children and Young People: An Observational, Descriptive, and Longitudinal Cohort Study" Children 9, no. 11: 1677. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9111677

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Gonzalez-Aumatell, A., Bovo, M. V., Carreras-Abad, C., Cuso-Perez, S., Domènech Marsal, È., Coll-Fernández, R., Goicoechea Calvo, A., Giralt-López, M., Enseñat Cantallops, A., Moron-Lopez, S., Martinez-Picado, J., Sol Ventura, P., Rodrigo, C., & Méndez Hernández, M. (2022). Social, Academic and Health Status Impact of Long COVID on Children and Young People: An Observational, Descriptive, and Longitudinal Cohort Study. Children, 9(11), 1677. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9111677

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