Publications by authors named "Kathleen Winston"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to evaluate the relationship between social behaviors and SARS-CoV-2 test positivity in children under 18 years old during 2020-2022, using data from emergency departments.
- It found that attending social gatherings increased the chances of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 in children aged 5-<12 years while in-person daycare/school attendance was linked to a lower risk of positivity across all age groups.
- Key findings indicated that children's risk of infection was influenced by factors like mask-wearing and exposure to infected contacts, with settings like schools promoting better public health practices, thus lowering risk.
Objective: To assess the association between Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and long-term quality of life (QoL).
Methods: Prospective cohort study with 6- and 12-months follow-up conducted in 14 Canadian institutions. Children tested for SARS-CoV-2 between August 2020 and February 2022 were eligible.
Importance: There is a need to understand the long-term outcomes among children infected with SARS-CoV-2.
Objective: To quantify the prevalence of post-COVID-19 condition (PCC) among children tested for SARS-CoV-2 infection in pediatric emergency departments (EDs).
Design, Setting, And Participants: Multicenter, prospective cohort study at 14 Canadian tertiary pediatric EDs that are members of the Pediatric Emergency Research Canada network with 90-day, 6-month, and 12-month follow-up.
Objective: We examined emergency department (ED) mental health visit trends by children in relation to periods of school closure and reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta, Canada.
Methods: Mental health visits by school-aged children (5 to <18 years) were extracted from the Emergency Department Information System, a province-wide database, from March 11, 2020, to November 30, 2021 (pandemic period; n = 18,997) and March 1, 2019, to March 10, 2020 (1-year, prepandemic comparator period; n = 11,540). We calculated age-specific visit rates and compared rate differences between periods of school closure (March 15-June 30, 2020; November 30, 2020-January 10, 2021; April 22-June 30, 2021) and reopening (September 4-November 29, 2020; January 11-April 21, 2021; September 3-November 30, 2021) to matched prepandemic periods.
Article Synopsis
- A multicenter study in Canada compared symptoms and outcomes in children with different SARS-CoV-2 variants, focusing on data from 7272 pediatric emergency department visits.
- Of the 1440 children who tested positive for COVID-19, those with the Alpha variant exhibited the fewest core symptoms, while those infected with the Omicron variant had the highest report of symptoms.
- Findings indicated that the Omicron variant was linked to lower respiratory and systemic symptoms, whereas the Delta variant was notably associated with upper respiratory tract symptoms and fever.