A study is getting underway to understand the long term health impact of Covid in children.
VCU seeking participants for study of long-term effects of COVID-19 in children
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A team of researchers and clinicians at the
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing is leading a multi-institutional project aimed at studying the long-term health effects of COVID-19 in infants, children, adolescents and young adults. In the planning stages since September 2021, researchers are now enrolling participants. The goal is to better understand the prevalence and impact of long-lasting COVID-19 symptoms (“long COVID”) in children and young adults to develop effective treatments in the future.
The project is part of the
Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) initiative, a nationwide study funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Much of what is known about long COVID-19 is based on studies in adults, but less understood are the effects in children and adolescents. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that, as of February 2022, about 75% of children and adolescents in the United States have had COVID-19.
“The RECOVER project is going to help us understand long COVID so we might develop treatments for those affected by the pandemic for years to come, but it’s also going to give back to the families deciding to participate in the study by understanding important information about their children’s development, health and mental well-being,” said
Amy Salisbury, professor and associate dean for research, scholarship and innovation at VCU School of Nursing, who serves as one of the principal investigators of enrollment sites for the RECOVER initiative. “This is an opportunity to help us find answers on how COVID-19 is impacting families over time and what we can do to minimize these effects.”
The VCU School of Nursing is leading the efforts of a research consortium composed of VCU, Rhode Island Hospital and NYU Langone Health, but the RECOVER project is enrolling people
across the nation.
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