@article{Warren-Gash:2023:10.1186/s12879-023-08203-1,
author = {Warren-Gash, C and Lacey, A and Cook, S and Stocker, D and Toon, S and Lelii, F and Ford, B and Ireland, G and Ladhani, SN and Stephenson, T and Nguipdop-Djomo, P and Mangtani, P and COVID-19, Schools Infection Survey 2 Study Group},
doi = {10.1186/s12879-023-08203-1},
journal = {BMC Infectious Diseases},
pages = {1--7},
title = {Post-COVID-19 condition and persisting symptoms in English schoolchildren: repeated surveys to March 2022},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08203-1},
volume = {23},
year = {2023}
}

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AB  - BACKGROUND: Both post-COVID-19 condition (long COVID) and the presence of persisting symptoms that do not meet formal definitions of post-COVID-19-condition may adversely affect quality of life and function. However, their prevalence among children and young people in England is unclear. METHODS: We used data from repeated surveys in a large cohort of English schoolchildren from the COVID-19 Schools Infection Survey (SIS) for the school year 2021/22 to describe the weighted prevalence of post-COVID-19-condition and compare persisting symptoms between individuals with a positive SARS-CoV-2 test and those with neither a positive test history nor suspected infection. RESULTS: Among 7797 children from 173 schools, 1.8% of primary school pupils (aged 4 to 11 years), 4.5% of secondary school pupils in years 7-11 (aged 11 to 16 years) and 6.9% of those in years 12-13 (aged 16 to 18 years) met a definition of post-COVID-19 condition in March 2022. Specific persisting symptoms such as anxiety or difficulty concentrating were frequently reported regardless of prior infection status and increased with age: 48.0% of primary school pupils, 52.9% of secondary school pupils in years 7-11 and 79.5% in years 12-13 reporting at least one symptom lasting more than 12 weeks. Persisting loss of smell and taste, cardiovascular and some systemic symptoms were more frequently reported by those with a previous positive test. CONCLUSIONS: We showed that ongoing symptoms were frequently reported by English schoolchildren regardless of SARS-CoV-2 test results and some specific symptoms such as loss of smell and taste were more prevalent in those with a positive test history. Our study emphasises the wide-ranging impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health and wellbeing of children and young people.
AU  - Warren-Gash,C
AU  - Lacey,A
AU  - Cook,S
AU  - Stocker,D
AU  - Toon,S
AU  - Lelii,F
AU  - Ford,B
AU  - Ireland,G
AU  - Ladhani,SN
AU  - Stephenson,T
AU  - Nguipdop-Djomo,P
AU  - Mangtani,P
AU  - COVID-19,Schools Infection Survey 2 Study Group
DO  - 10.1186/s12879-023-08203-1
EP  - 7
PY  - 2023///
SN  - 1471-2334
SP  - 1
TI  - Post-COVID-19 condition and persisting symptoms in English schoolchildren: repeated surveys to March 2022
T2  - BMC Infectious Diseases
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08203-1
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37020190
UR  - https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-023-08203-1
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/103723
VL  - 23
ER  - 

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