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Clinical and psychopathological profiles of children with somatic symptom disorders in a pediatric emergency unit: an observational study before and during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic by Jacopo Pruccoli; Carlotta Biagi; Laura Andreozzi; Anna Fetta; Leonardo Sacrato; Carlotta Tartarini; Duccio Maria Cordelli; Marcello Lanari is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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Somatic symptom disorders (SSDs) are a group of clinical conditions characterized by heterogeneous physical symptoms, not directly supported by a demonstrable organic process. Despite representing a growing problem in the pediatric age, the literature lacks studies assessing the psychopathological and clinical features of subjects with SSD, particularly during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. This is a retrospective, observational study, involving two historical cohorts of children admitted to a tertiary referral Italian hospital over the 2 years preceding and following the start of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Demographic, clinical, socioeconomical, and psychological variables were investigated. Standardized tests for the developmental age were administered to assess psychopathological variables. Overall rates and trends of accesses for SSD, as compared to the total accesses for any cause at the Pediatric Emergency Room during the same periods, were reported as well. Fifty-one (pre-pandemic, 29; pandemic, 22) children with SSD were enrolled (age, 11.4 ± 2.4 years, F = 66.7%). Subjects in the pandemic historical cohort reported more frequently fever (p < 0.001), headache (p = 0.032), and asthe
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- Author
- Jacopo Pruccoli; Carlotta Biagi; Laura Andreozzi; Anna Fetta; Leonardo Sacrato; Carlotta Tartarini; Duccio Maria Cordelli; Marcello Lanari
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)