Long COVID Symptoms in SARS-CoV-2-positive Children in China

Long COVID Symptoms in SARS-CoV-2-positive Children Aged 6-18 Years in China: a Consequential Observation Study

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05729217

Enrollment

5000

Registered

2023-02-15

Start date

2023-02-01

Completion date

2024-01-31

Last updated

2023-03-02

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Conditions

Symptoms and Signs

Brief summary

The goal of this observational study is to learn about in children aged 6-18 years, after the acute phase of SARS-CoV-2 infection, the COVID symptoms or Long COVID symptoms to impact their daily activities. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of long-lasting symptoms, the duration and intensity of symptoms, quality of life, number of sick days or absences from school, and psychological and social outcomes. The participants will be asked to fill in Long COVID symptom burden questionnaires who had been infected with SARS-CoV-2 as self-reported PRC test or antigen test positive.

Detailed description

The goal of this observational study is to learn about in children aged 6-18 years, after the acute phase of SARS-CoV-2 infection, the COVID symptoms or Long COVID symptoms to impact their daily activities. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of long-lasting symptoms, the duration and intensity of symptoms, quality of life, number of sick days or absences from school, and psychological and social outcomes. The participants will be asked to fill in SBQ-Long COVID symptom burden survey questionnaires who had been infected with SARS-CoV-2 as self-reported PRC test or antigen test positive. The survey questionnaires will be filled every two weeks after the participants have been tested SARS-CoV-2 positive.

Interventions

OTHERSBQ-LC survey

Symptom burden questionnaires of Long COVID

Study design

Observational model

ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

7 Years to 18 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

infected with SARS-CoV-2 as self-reported PRC test or antigen test positive or have symptoms, but without Covid-19 test.

Exclusion criteria

aged below 6 years or above 18 years

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
long symptoms of SARS-CoV-2	6 to 12 weeks	the prevalence of long-lasting symptoms, the duration and intensity of symptoms
absences from school	24 weeks	number of sick days or absences from school, and psychological and social outcomes.

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026