Nine in ten kids with prolonged COVID-19 symptoms less active, in survey of parents

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Researchers have surveyed parents of 510 children who had COVID-19 symptoms that lasted longer than four weeks. On average, these children had prolonged symptoms for 8.2 months, with fatigue and headache among the most common. Families said their kids were less active than before their infection - and only one in ten had resumed their previous level of physical activity. The authors highlight some important biases, especially that the survey was promoted by Long COVID Kids UK, so parents of children with lasting symptoms may have been more interested in participating.

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Organisation/s: Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A Gemelli Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Dipartimento di Scienze Biotecnologiche di Base, Cliniche Intensivologiche e Perioperatorie, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Global Health Research Institute, Istituto di Igiene, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Italy), University College London, Imperial College London, Coventry University Group, Long Covid Kids (UK), Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Russia) University

Funder: The authors have no relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. This includes employment, consultancies, honoraria, stock ownership or options, expert testimony, grants or patents received or pending, or royalties. No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript. Following the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki and given that the survey was a parent-led initiative and parents were active participants in both research and authorship, ethics committee approval was not necessary. Parents were requested to give their consent to participate anonymously.

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