PuSH - Publication Server of Helmholtz Zentrum München: 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.

Navigation

Home

Deutsch

Research

Advanced Search

Browse by ...

... Journal

... Publication Type

... Research Data

... Publication Year

Publication overview

Support & Contact

Contact persons

Help

Data protection

Maison, N. ; Herbrüggen, H.* ; Schaub, B.* ; Schauberger, C.* ; Foth, S.* ; Grychtol, R.* ; Abdo, M.* ; Watz, H.* ; Nikolaizik, W.* ; Rabe, K.F.* ; Kopp, M.V.* ; Hansen, G.* ; von Mutius, E. ; Bahmer, T.* ; Omony, J.

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.

Allergy Asthma Clin. Immunol. 17:93 (2021)

Publ. Version/Full Text

DOI

PMC

	Open Access Gold

Abstract
Metrics
Extra information

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.

Altmetric

Additional Metrics?

[➜Log in]

Edit extra informations Login

Publication type Article: Journal article

Document type Scientific Article

Corresponding Author

Keywords Asthma ; Covid-19 ; Facemasks ; Health Care Utilization ; Psychological Health ; Side Effects; Covid-19

ISSN (print) / ISBN 1710-1484

e-ISSN 1710-1492

Journal Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology

Quellenangaben Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Article Number: 93

Publisher BioMed Central

Publishing Place Campus, 4 Crinan St, London N1 9xw, England

Non-patent literature Publications

Reviewing status Peer reviewed

Institute(s) Institute of Asthma and Allergy Prevention (IAP)

Grants German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung, BMBF) as part of the DZL