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Observational studyChronic respiratory disease

Asthma patients experience increased symptoms of anxiety, depression and fear during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Geertje M de Boer, Laura Houweling, Rudi W Hendriks, Jan H Vercoulen, Gerdien A Tramper-Stranders, Gert-Jan Braunstahl

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Observational study in Chronic respiratory disease. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Anxiety in adults with asthma during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: a Canadian perspective.Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2023
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  10. Physician education on World Asthma Day aids in disease management during the COVID-19.Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2022
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  11. Psychological impacts of coronavirus disease 2019 on people with asthma, allergic rhinitis, and food allergy.Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology · 2022
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  13. Prevalence of and factors associated with COVID-19 diagnosis in symptomatic patients followed in general practices in Germany between March 2020 and March 2021.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2021
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  14. Assessing the Disruption Impact on Healthcare Delivery.Journal of primary care & community health
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Geertje M de BoerDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, 425659Franciscus Gasthuis & Vlietland, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-9615-1123
Laura HouwelingDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, 425659Franciscus Gasthuis & Vlietland, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Rudi W HendriksDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, 6993Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Jan H VercoulenDepartment of Medical Psychology, 6029Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Gerdien A Tramper-StrandersDepartment of Paediatric Medicine, 425659Franciscus Gasthuis & Vlietland, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Gert-Jan BraunstahlDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, 425659Franciscus Gasthuis & Vlietland, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-7671-3742
Erasmus MC · NLSint Franciscus Gasthuis · NLRadboud University Nijmegen · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Population studies showed a decrease in psychological wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Asthma is associated with a negative effect on anxiety and depression, which might worsen during the COVID-19 lockdown. The aim of the study was to compare fear, anxiety and depression between asthma patients and patients wit hout asthma pre-COVID-19 and during COVID-19 pandemic.This study compares fear, anxiety and depression in asthma patients and controls between pre-COVID-19 and during COVID-19 lockdown with a cross-sectional online survey. Participants were invited to fill out several questionnaires pertaining to fear, anxiety, depression, asthma control and quality of life.Asthma patients (N = 37) displayed, during the course of the pandemic, a clinically relevant increase in anxiety (3.32 ± 2.95 vs. 6.68 ± 3.78;

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AnxietyAsthmaCOVID-19DepressionQuality of LifeCommunicable Disease ControlCross-Sectional StudiesFearFemaleHumansMaleMental HealthMiddle AgedNetherlandsPhysical DistancingRemote ConsultationAnxietyasthmadepressione-HealthSars-CoV-2

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PMID34219501
PMCPMC8261840
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