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ArticleFrontiers in public health2022

Health-related quality of life of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kuwait.

Dalia Al-Abdulrazzaq, Doaa Khalifa, Taiba Alqaisi, Fatima Al-Juailla, Fouzeyah Othman, Sarah Qabazard, Hessa Al-Kandari

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dalia Al-AbdulrazzaqDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Doaa KhalifaDepartment of Population Health, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Taiba AlqaisiDepartment of Population Health, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Fatima Al-JuaillaDepartment of Population Health, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Fouzeyah OthmanDepartment of Population Health, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Sarah QabazardDepartment of Population Health, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Hessa Al-KandariDepartment of Population Health, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: With the rapid transmission of COVID-19 globally, countries have implemented strict governmental measures and social distancing rules that aimed to minimize the spread of the virus. School closures, quarantine orders, and social isolation, coupled with a surge in family stress and lack of peer interactions, are probable causes of mental health complications and psychological symptoms faced by children. This study aims at comparing the HRQoL of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and affected by COVID-19 infection (personal or familial) and those who were not affected by COVID-19. Materials and methods: A random sample was selected from children and adolescents diagnosed with T1D at the six major governmental diabetes centers in Kuwait. To measure HRQoL, parent-proxy and self-reports from the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL Results: A sample of 455 children and adolescents with T1D diabetes (44.6% male participants and 41.98% affected by COVID-19 infection) was studied. The total score of the HRQoL self-reports was significantly higher compared with parent-proxy reports (79.06 ± 15.19 vs. 73.79 ± 15.17, Conclusion: This is the first report on the health-related quality of life of children with T1D in Kuwait during the COVID-19 era. Parents' or caregivers' experience of caring for their children was negative, as they worried, and reported poorer HRQoL compared with their children's perceptions. There is a need to empower healthcare professionals to support parents and caregivers of children with chronic diseases such as T1D in promoting self-management, enhancing physical and psychological wellbeing, treatment adherence, and continuous health education during pandemics of any kind.

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COVID-19Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1AdolescentChildFemaleHumansKuwaitMalePandemicsQuality of LifechildrenCOVID-19health-related quality of lifePedsQLTM Diabetes Moduletype 1 diabetes

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