Angelhoff C, Jedenfalk M, Fernlund E, Svensson E, Duchen K, Ertzgaard P
Allergy Center in Linköping and Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Crown Princess Victoria's Children and Youth Hospital and Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Acta Paediatr. 2025 Sep;114(9):2230-2237. doi: 10.1111/apa.70094. Epub 2025 Apr 13.
To identify the symptom burden in children and adolescents with post COVID-19, a validated and reliable instrument is needed, particularly to assess symptoms and their impact on the child. The aim of this study was to describe the development, validation, and reliability of the Post COVID-19 in Kids Questionnaire (POCOKIDS-Q), which was designed to assess post COVID-19 symptoms in children and adolescents.
The POCOKIDS-Q was developed based on literature, clinical experience, and questionnaires for adults with post COVID-19. The linguistic validation involved 9- to 17-year-old children. Children and adolescents with the onset of post COVID-19 symptoms were asked to complete the final version through a web link. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed to identify a factor structure that explains the covariances between the variables.
The link to the POCOKIDS-Q was opened 324 times and fully completed by 213 (66%) children and young adults (median age 14 years) with post COVID-19 symptoms. Confirmatory factor analyses revealed four significant and correlated factors: brain fatigue, cognitive impact, physical impact, and emotional impact. The explanatory power of the factor model is high.
The POCOKIDS-Q is applicable for assessing post COVID-19 symptoms in children and young adults.
为了确定新冠后儿童和青少年的症状负担，需要一种经过验证且可靠的工具，尤其是用于评估症状及其对儿童的影响。本研究的目的是描述儿童新冠后问卷（POCOKIDS-Q）的开发、验证和可靠性，该问卷旨在评估儿童和青少年的新冠后症状。
POCOKIDS-Q是基于文献、临床经验以及针对新冠后成人的问卷开发的。语言验证涉及9至17岁的儿童。有新冠后症状发作的儿童和青少年被要求通过网络链接完成最终版本。进行探索性和验证性因素分析以确定一个解释变量之间协方差的因素结构。
POCOKIDS-Q的链接被打开324次，213名（66%）有新冠后症状的儿童和年轻人（中位年龄14岁）完全完成了问卷。验证性因素分析揭示了四个显著且相关的因素：脑疲劳、认知影响、身体影响和情绪影响。因素模型的解释力很高。
POCOKIDS-Q适用于评估儿童和年轻人的新冠后症状。
