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Absence from day care or school and parental absence from work during children’s respiratory infections |
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| Author: | Paalanne, Marika1,2; Honkila, Minna1,2; Paalanne, Niko1,2; |
| Organizations: |
1Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland 2Research Unit of Clinical Medicine and Medical Research Centre Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland 3Department of Pediatrics, University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
4Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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| Format: | article |
| Version: | accepted version |
| Access: | embargoed |
| Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2023042739077 |
| Language: | English |
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John Wiley & Sons,
2023
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| Publish Date: | 2024-02-09 |
| Description: |
AbstractMethods: This prospective cohort study included 737 children with a suspected respiratory tract infection or fever in a paediatric emergency department during one epidemiological year (2014–2015) in Finland. Nasopharyngeal swab samples were analysed with multiplex polymerase chain reaction for 16 viruses and 7 respiratory bacteria. Parents filled out a questionnaire regarding child’s and parents’ absence from day care, school, or work at the time of the visit and 14 days afterward. Results: The length of the children's absence from day care or school, or parental absence from work, did not significantly differ between the detected viral pathogens. Co-detection of any respiratory virus and Streptococcus pneumoniae or Haemophilus influenzae in the nasopharynx were associated with a 2.5-day (95% CI of the difference: 0.71 to 4.3) and 3.0-day (95% CI: 0.35 to 5.7) longer parental absence from work, respectively, compared with the detection of viruses alone when adjusted for age. Conclusion: Nasopharyngeal detection of S. pneumoniae or H. influenzae was associated with an increase in the length of parental absence from work when compared with the detection of virus alone. see all
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| Series: |
Acta pædiatrica |
| ISSN: | 0803-5253 |
| ISSN-E: | 1651-2227 |
| ISSN-L: | 0803-5253 |
| Volume: | 112 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Pages: | 486 - 492 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/apa.16628 |
| OADOI: | https://oadoi.org/10.1111/apa.16628 |
| Type of Publication: |
A1 Journal article – refereed |
| Field of Science: |
3123 Gynaecology and paediatrics 3121 General medicine, internal medicine and other clinical medicine |
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Funding was received from the Alma and K.A. Snellman Foundation, Finland (Niko Paalanne, Terhi Tapiainen), the Finnish Medical Foundation, Finland (Niko Paalanne), and the Academy of Finland (Terhi Tapiainen). None of these sources had any role in the design or execution of the study. |
| Copyright information: |
© 2022 Foundation Acta Paediatrica. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Paalanne, M, Honkila, M, Paalanne, N, Mattila, S, Pokka, T, Renko, M, et al. Absence from day care or school and parental absence from work during children's respiratory infections. Acta Paediatr. 2023; 112: 486– 492, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.16628. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited. |