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ArticleJMIR research protocols2023

The Evaluation of Health Care Services for Children and Adolescents With Post-COVID-19 Condition: Protocol for a Prospective Longitudinal Study.

Chiara Rathgeb, Maja Pawellek, Uta Behrends, Martin Alberer, Michael Kabesch, Stephan Gerling, Susanne Brandstetter, Christian Apfelbacher

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Article in JMIR research protocols, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Chiara RathgebUniversity Children's Hospital Regensburg, Hospital St. Hedwig of the Order of St. John, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-4298
Maja PawellekUniversity Children's Hospital Regensburg, Hospital St. Hedwig of the Order of St. John, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8551-4427
Uta BehrendsChildren's Hospital, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8693-4386
Martin AlbererChildren's Hospital, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0070-1259
Michael KabeschUniversity Children's Hospital Regensburg, Hospital St. Hedwig of the Order of St. John, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0697-1871
Stephan GerlingUniversity Children's Hospital Regensburg, Hospital St. Hedwig of the Order of St. John, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3296-3197
Susanne BrandstetterUniversity Children's Hospital Regensburg, Hospital St. Hedwig of the Order of St. John, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7021-8895
Christian ApfelbacherMember of the Research and Development Campus Regensburg (WECARE), Hospital St. Hedwig of the Order of St. John, Regensburg, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3805-8219
University of Regensburg · DETechnical University of Munich · DEOtto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSome children and adolescents suffer from late effects of a SARS-CoV-2 infection despite a frequently mild course of the disease. Nevertheless, extensive care for post-COVID-19 condition, also known as post-COVID-19 syndrome, in children and young people is not yet available. A comprehensive care network, Post-COVID Kids Bavaria (PoCo), for children and adolescents with post-COVID-19 condition has been set up as a model project in Bavaria, Germany.

objectiveThe aim of this study is to evaluate the health care services provided within this network structure of care for children and adolescents with post-COVID-19 condition in a pre-post study design.

methodsWe have already recruited 117 children and adolescents aged up to 17 years with post-COVID-19 condition who were diagnosed and treated in 16 participating outpatient clinics. Health care use, treatment satisfaction, patient-reported outcomes related to health-related quality of life (the primary endpoint), fatigue, postexertional malaise, and mental health are being assessed at different time points (at baseline and after 4 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months) using routine data, interviews, and self-report questionnaires.

resultsThe study recruitment process ran from April 2022 until December 2022. Interim analyses will be carried out. A full analysis of the data will be conducted after follow-up assessment is completed, and the results will be published.

conclusionsThe results will contribute to the evaluation of therapeutic services provided for post-COVID-19 condition in children and adolescents, and avenues for optimizing care may be identified. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): DERR1-10.2196/41010.

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