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AUTHOR(S) Nila Shakiba; Gal Doron; Avigail Gordon-Hacker (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Daniela Simeonova; Andrey Shalev
AUTHOR(S) Amber Simpson; Peter N. Knox
AUTHOR(S) Laurie C. Miller; Sumanta Neupane; Neena Joshi (et al.)
Children, especially disadvantaged children in poor countries, were expected to be among the “biggest victims” of the Covid pandemic. Economic burdens, decreased nutritious foods, reduced medical care, school closures, and ill-health or death of family members were predicted to increase child undernutrition and developmental delays, and diminish home child-rearing quality. A planned nutrition intervention could not be implemented due to Covid restrictions. However, three surveys (pre-Covid [December 2019], July 2021, and September 2021) in 280 Nepali households (309 parent-dyads, 368 children, 6–66 months old) collected demographics, child anthropometry and development (Ages and Stages Questionnaire-3 [ASQ-3]), and home child-rearing quality (caregiver engagement, learning resources, adult supervision [UNICEF's Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey]). Mixed-effect regression models adjusted for household (wealth, maternal education) and child factors (age, gender) and survey round.
AUTHOR(S) Laura Paulauskaite; Amanda Timmerman; Athanasia Kouroupa (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Joshua Paul Roberts; Rose-Marie Satherley; Jane Iles
AUTHOR(S) Damanjit Sandhu; Ravinder Barn
AUTHOR(S) Sarah A. Gitomer; Kaitlyn Tholen; Kaci Pickett (et al.)
Little is known about olfactory changes in pediatric COVID-19. It is possible that children under-report chemosensory changes on questionnaires, similar to reports in adults. This study aims to describe COVID-19-related olfactory dysfunction in outpatient children. It hypothesized that children with COVID-19 will demonstrate abnormal olfaction on smell[1]identification testing at a higher rate than children with negative COVID-19 testing. A prospective cross-sectional study was undertaken from June 2020—June 2021 at a ter[1]tiary care pediatric hospital. A consecutive sample of 205 outpatients aged 5–21 years undergoing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) PCR testing were approached for this study. Patients with prior olfactory dysfunction were excluded. Par[1]ticipants were given a standard COVID-19 symptom questionnaire, a Smell Identification Test (SIT) and home-odorant-based testing within 2 weeks of COVID-19 testing. Prior to study enrollment, power calculation estimated 42 patients to determine difference in rates of SIT results between groups. Data were summarized with descriptive statistics.
AUTHOR(S) Lucas Lima Carneiro; Ed Wilson Rodrigues Vieira; Elysângela Dittz Duarte (et al.)
This study investigated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the primary health care (PHC) services to follow-up the child growth and development (CGD) in Brazil. A cross-sectional study was conducted using secondary data related visits to assess the growth and development of children up to five years between Apr-2017 to Mar-2021. Differences between monthly rate of visits (per thousand inhabitants up to five) during the pandemic (Apr-2020 to Mar-2021) and before (Apr-2017 to Mar-2020) were analyzed using paired t test and control diagrams (averages ± 1.96 standard deviation).
AUTHOR(S) Monica Carminati; Dario Cavenago; Laura Mariani (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Eliza Gordon-Lipkina; Christopher Steven Marcumb; Shannon Kruk (et al.)
Children with developmental disabilities are vulnerable to morbidity associated with COVID-19. This paper aims to understand attitudes toward routine childhood vaccinations versus the COVID-19 vaccine in a population of families affected by mitochondrial disease (MtD), a form of developmental disability. An online survey was administered via several advocacy groups for children with MtD.
AUTHOR(S) Prachi Mulay; Vinaya Kumar Kulkarni
AUTHOR(S) Nneka Ibekwe-Okafor; Jacqueline Sims; Sihong Liu (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Priscila Costa; Evelyn Forni; Isabella Amato (et al.)
This study aimed to analyze the risk and protective factors to the development of children under three years of age during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cross-sectional, quantitative study carried out in three early childhood education centers in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, in October 2020. The data were collected with an online questionnaire. Risk and protection factors were measured with the Primeira Infância Para Adultos Saudáveis (Early Childhood For Healthy Adults) instrument and the children's development status was measured using the Caregiver Reported Early Development Instruments – CREDI.
AUTHOR(S) Nila Shakiba; Samantha Perlstein; Tralucia Powell (et al.)
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