Updates on Children with Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma during the COVID-19 Outbreak
Background: During the lockdown period caused by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, we monitored via online survey the trend of allergic symptoms and the therapeutic compliance in patients followed at our center. Material and methods: In June 2020, we selected children followed at the Allergy and Immunology S...
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| author | Giulia Brindisi Valentina De Vittori Rosalba De Nola Elia Pignataro Caterina Anania Giovanna De Castro Bianca Cinicola Alessandra Gori Ettore Cicinelli Anna Maria Zicari |
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| description | Background: During the lockdown period caused by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, we monitored via online survey the trend of allergic symptoms and the therapeutic compliance in patients followed at our center. Material and methods: In June 2020, we selected children followed at the Allergy and Immunology Service of Umberto I Hospital, aged between 6 and 16 years old, diagnosed with asthma and/or rhinitis and sensitized to grass pollen or dust mite. We sent an email with 12 multiple-choice questions investigating several areas: type of disease and sensitization, recurrence of symptoms, medication use during lockdown compared to the same period of the previous year. Results: The results of 82 questionnaires showed that 17.8% of patients suffered from asthma, 24.4% from rhinitis, and 57.8% from both. Within the group of asthmatic children, most of them presented an improvement of their symptoms. Likewise, with regard to allergic rhinitis, most of them reported better clinical conditions. Regarding treatment, we observed a global decrease in the use of on-demand therapies (salbutamol, nasal corticosteroid, and antihistamine) for both pathologies. In addition, there was a reduction in the use of basal therapy for asthma and rhinitis from 2019 (23.3%) to 2020 (15.5%). Conclusions: Our data show a general trend of clinical improvement and a reduction in the use of on-demand and basal therapy in allergic children during the lockdown. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ed7e0aef3b8141f0ac0abbca1a47183f2023-11-21T21:10:26ZengMDPI AGJournal of Clinical Medicine2077-03832021-05-011011227810.3390/jcm10112278Updates on Children with Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma during the COVID-19 OutbreakGiulia Brindisi0Valentina De Vittori1Rosalba De Nola2Elia Pignataro3Caterina Anania4Giovanna De Castro5Bianca Cinicola6Alessandra Gori7Ettore Cicinelli8Anna Maria Zicari9Department of Maternal Infantile and Urological Sciences, Division of Pediatric Allergology and Immunology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Maternal Infantile and Urological Sciences, Division of Pediatric Allergology and Immunology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, Gynecology and Obstetrics Section, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, ItalyDepartment of Maternal Infantile and Urological Sciences, Division of Pediatric Allergology and Immunology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Maternal Infantile and Urological Sciences, Division of Pediatric Allergology and Immunology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Maternal Infantile and Urological Sciences, Division of Pediatric Allergology and Immunology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Maternal Infantile and Urological Sciences, Division of Pediatric Allergology and Immunology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Maternal Infantile and Urological Sciences, Division of Pediatric Allergology and Immunology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, Gynecology and Obstetrics Section, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, ItalyDepartment of Maternal Infantile and Urological Sciences, Division of Pediatric Allergology and Immunology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, ItalyBackground: During the lockdown period caused by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, we monitored via online survey the trend of allergic symptoms and the therapeutic compliance in patients followed at our center. Material and methods: In June 2020, we selected children followed at the Allergy and Immunology Service of Umberto I Hospital, aged between 6 and 16 years old, diagnosed with asthma and/or rhinitis and sensitized to grass pollen or dust mite. We sent an email with 12 multiple-choice questions investigating several areas: type of disease and sensitization, recurrence of symptoms, medication use during lockdown compared to the same period of the previous year. Results: The results of 82 questionnaires showed that 17.8% of patients suffered from asthma, 24.4% from rhinitis, and 57.8% from both. Within the group of asthmatic children, most of them presented an improvement of their symptoms. Likewise, with regard to allergic rhinitis, most of them reported better clinical conditions. Regarding treatment, we observed a global decrease in the use of on-demand therapies (salbutamol, nasal corticosteroid, and antihistamine) for both pathologies. In addition, there was a reduction in the use of basal therapy for asthma and rhinitis from 2019 (23.3%) to 2020 (15.5%). Conclusions: Our data show a general trend of clinical improvement and a reduction in the use of on-demand and basal therapy in allergic children during the lockdown.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/11/2278COVID-19SARS-CoV-2lockdownchildrenasthmarhinitis |
| spellingShingle | Giulia Brindisi Valentina De Vittori Rosalba De Nola Elia Pignataro Caterina Anania Giovanna De Castro Bianca Cinicola Alessandra Gori Ettore Cicinelli Anna Maria Zicari Updates on Children with Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma during the COVID-19 Outbreak Journal of Clinical Medicine COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 lockdown children asthma rhinitis |
| title | Updates on Children with Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma during the COVID-19 Outbreak |
| title_full | Updates on Children with Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma during the COVID-19 Outbreak |
| title_fullStr | Updates on Children with Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma during the COVID-19 Outbreak |
| title_full_unstemmed | Updates on Children with Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma during the COVID-19 Outbreak |
| title_short | Updates on Children with Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma during the COVID-19 Outbreak |
| title_sort | updates on children with allergic rhinitis and asthma during the covid 19 outbreak |
| topic | COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 lockdown children asthma rhinitis |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/11/2278 |
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