COVID-19 quarantine in adolescents with autoimmune rheumatic diseases: mental health issues and life conditions.
Bianca Pires IharaLívia M L LimaDebora N D SetoueNicolas Y TanigavaAlberto José S DuarteJuliana Russo SimonVivianne Saraiva Leitao VianaClaudia A A StrabelliCamilla A A PedrosoSofia Mendes SieczkowskaRosa Maria Rodrigues PereiraNádia Emi AikawaKátia Tomie KozuAdriana Maluf Elias SallumIzabel Mantovani BuscattiBruno GualanoLigia Bruni QueirozCaio Borba CasellaGuilherme Vanoni PolanczykClovis Artur Almeida da SilvaLucia Maria de Arruda CamposPublished in: Clinical rheumatology (2022)
Approximately one third of JIA, JSLE, and JDM patients presented abnormal total and emotional scores of SDQ during COVID-19 quarantine. Sleep problems were the main factor associated with emotional difficulties in these ARD adolescents. The knowledge of mental health issues rates in adolescents with ARD supports the development of prevention strategies, like sleep hygiene counseling, as well as the references of the affected patients to specialized mental health services, as necessary. Key Points • One third of ARD patients presented mental health issues during COVID-19 quarantine • Sleep problems were associated with emotional difficulties. • It is necessary to warn pediatric rheumatologists about the importance of sleep hygiene counseling.
Keyphrases
- mental health
- end stage renal disease
- physical activity
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- young adults
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- healthcare
- sars cov
- coronavirus disease
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- mental illness
- hiv infected
- men who have sex with men
- hiv testing
- antiretroviral therapy