RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Anxiety of children with primary ciliary dyskinesia and their mothers during COVID-19 pandemic
JF European Respiratory Journal
JO Eur Respir J
FD European Respiratory Society
SP PA576
DO 10.1183/13993003.congress-2021.PA576
VO 58
IS suppl 65
A1 Pelin Asfuroglu
A1 Tugba Sismanlar Eyuboglu
A1 Ayse Tana Aslan
A1 Tugba Ramasli Gursoy
A1 Azime Sebnem Soysal Acar
A1 Dilek Yapar
A1 Mustafa Necmi Ilhan
YR 2021
UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/58/suppl_65/PA576.abstract
AB Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic can increase anxiety levels of children with chronic respiratory disease and their primary caregivers.Aims: To evaluate the anxiety of children with primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) and their families during COVID-19 pandemicMethods: A total of 29 patients and 105 healthy children and their mothers were included in this questionnaire-based study conducted via teleconference. Their demographic characteristics, clinical information, and information about caregivers’ exercise at home during pandemic were recorded. State and trait anxiety levels of children’s and mothers’ were evaluated and compared between two groups. The anxiety levels of patients’ mothers were evaluated according to the children’s clinical features. Mothers’ knowledge about COVID-19 was evaluated, and the effect of teleconference on their anxiety was assessed.Results: The median age of patients was 13 years. State anxiety of children in patients aged 13–18 years and trait anxiety levels of their mothers were lower than control group (P<0.05). Trait and state anxiety of children aged 13–18 years and of mothers positively correlated in groups. Patients’ FEV1 and MEF25–75 negatively correlated with their mothers’ trait anxiety. Patients’ mothers exercising at home during the pandemic had lower anxiety levels (P<0.05). Patients’ mothers reported feeling less anxiety at the end of the teleconference.Conclusions: Children with PCD were less anxious than healthy children during pandemic, and their mothers exhibited lower trait anxiety than healthy children’s mothers. Obtaining information about COVID-19 and exercising during pandemic may have decreased anxiety levels of PCD patients’ mothers.FootnotesCite this article as: European Respiratory Journal 2021; 58: Suppl. 65, PA576.This abstract was presented at the 2021 ERS International Congress, in session “Prediction of exacerbations in patients with COPD”.This is an ERS International Congress abstract. No full-text version is available. Further material to accompany this abstract may be available at www.ers-education.org (ERS member access only).