TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of imposed social isolation and use of face masks on asthma course and mental health in pediatric and adult patients with recurrent wheeze and asthma
AU - ALLIANCE Study Group as part of the German Centre for Lung Research (DZL)
AU - Maison, Nicole
AU - Herbrüggen, Heidrun
AU - Schaub, Bianca
AU - Schauberger, Christina
AU - Foth, Svenja
AU - Grychtol, Ruth
AU - Abdo, Mustafa
AU - Watz, Henrik
AU - Nikolaizik, Wilfried
AU - Rabe, Klaus F
AU - Kopp, Matthias V
AU - Hansen, Gesine
AU - von Mutius, Erika
AU - Bahmer, Thomas
AU - Omony, Jimmy
N1 - © 2021. The Author(s).
PY - 2021/9/16
Y1 - 2021/9/16
N2 - BACKGROUND: There is currently a dramatic increase in the number of COVID-19 cases worldwide, and further drastic restrictions in our daily life will be necessary to contain this pandemic. The implications of restrictive measures like social-distancing and mouth-nose protection on patients with chronic respiratory diseases have hardly been investigated.METHODS: Our survey, was conducted within the All Age Asthma Cohort (ALLIANCE), a multicenter longitudinal observational study. We assessed the effects of COVID-19 imposed social isolation and use of facial masks, on asthma course and mental health in patients with asthma and wheezing.RESULTS: We observed a high rate of problems associated with using facemasks and a significant reduction in the use of routine medical care. In addition to unsettling impacts, such as an increase in depression symptoms in adults, an astonishing and pleasing effect was striking: preschool children experienced an improvement in disease condition during the lockdown. This improvement can be attributed to a significant reduction in exposure to viral infections.CONCLUSION: Long-term observation of this side effect may help improve our understanding of the influence of viral infections on asthma in early childhood.
AB - BACKGROUND: There is currently a dramatic increase in the number of COVID-19 cases worldwide, and further drastic restrictions in our daily life will be necessary to contain this pandemic. The implications of restrictive measures like social-distancing and mouth-nose protection on patients with chronic respiratory diseases have hardly been investigated.METHODS: Our survey, was conducted within the All Age Asthma Cohort (ALLIANCE), a multicenter longitudinal observational study. We assessed the effects of COVID-19 imposed social isolation and use of facial masks, on asthma course and mental health in patients with asthma and wheezing.RESULTS: We observed a high rate of problems associated with using facemasks and a significant reduction in the use of routine medical care. In addition to unsettling impacts, such as an increase in depression symptoms in adults, an astonishing and pleasing effect was striking: preschool children experienced an improvement in disease condition during the lockdown. This improvement can be attributed to a significant reduction in exposure to viral infections.CONCLUSION: Long-term observation of this side effect may help improve our understanding of the influence of viral infections on asthma in early childhood.
U2 - 10.1186/s13223-021-00592-9
DO - 10.1186/s13223-021-00592-9
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 34530911
SN - 1710-1484
VL - 17
SP - 93
JO - Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
JF - Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
IS - 1
ER -
