Birth cohort studies using symptom diaries for assessing respiratory diseases-a scoping review.
<h4>Background</h4>Respiratory infections are the most frequent health problem in childhood leading to morbidity and socioeconomic burden. Studying symptoms of respiratory infections in home based settings requires dedicated prospective cohort studies using diaries. However, no informati...
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>Respiratory infections are the most frequent health problem in childhood leading to morbidity and socioeconomic burden. Studying symptoms of respiratory infections in home based settings requires dedicated prospective cohort studies using diaries. However, no information is available on which birth cohort studies using symptom diary data. A review of birth cohort studies with available symptom diary data, follow-up data, and bio samples is needed to support research collaborations and create potential synergies.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a scoping review of birth cohort studies using diaries for the collection of respiratory symptoms. The scoping review was conducted in accordance with the PRISMA Extension. We searched the electronic databases PubMed, Embase, Web of science and CINAHL (last search November 2020) resulting in 5872 records (based on title and abstract screening) eligible for further screening.<h4>Results</h4>We examined 735 records as full text articles and finally included 57 according to predefined inclusion criteria. We identified 22 birth cohort studies that collect(ed) data on respiratory symptoms using a symptom diary starting at birth. Numbers of participants ranged from 129 to 8677. Eight studies collected symptom diary information only for the first year of life, nine for the first two years or less and six between three and six years. Most of the cohorts collected biosamples (n = 18) and information on environmental exposures (n = 19).<h4>Conclusion</h4>Information on respiratory symptoms with daily resolution was collected in several birth cohorts, often including related biosamples, and these data and samples can be used to study full spectrum of infections, particularly including those which did not require medical treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b8797b6edf7a4b9b848bf32be799fa592025-02-05T05:32:54ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032022-01-01172e026355910.1371/journal.pone.0263559Birth cohort studies using symptom diaries for assessing respiratory diseases-a scoping review.Susan LangerBianca KleeCornelia GottschickRafael Mikolajczyk<h4>Background</h4>Respiratory infections are the most frequent health problem in childhood leading to morbidity and socioeconomic burden. Studying symptoms of respiratory infections in home based settings requires dedicated prospective cohort studies using diaries. However, no information is available on which birth cohort studies using symptom diary data. A review of birth cohort studies with available symptom diary data, follow-up data, and bio samples is needed to support research collaborations and create potential synergies.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a scoping review of birth cohort studies using diaries for the collection of respiratory symptoms. The scoping review was conducted in accordance with the PRISMA Extension. We searched the electronic databases PubMed, Embase, Web of science and CINAHL (last search November 2020) resulting in 5872 records (based on title and abstract screening) eligible for further screening.<h4>Results</h4>We examined 735 records as full text articles and finally included 57 according to predefined inclusion criteria. We identified 22 birth cohort studies that collect(ed) data on respiratory symptoms using a symptom diary starting at birth. Numbers of participants ranged from 129 to 8677. Eight studies collected symptom diary information only for the first year of life, nine for the first two years or less and six between three and six years. Most of the cohorts collected biosamples (n = 18) and information on environmental exposures (n = 19).<h4>Conclusion</h4>Information on respiratory symptoms with daily resolution was collected in several birth cohorts, often including related biosamples, and these data and samples can be used to study full spectrum of infections, particularly including those which did not require medical treatment.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0263559&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Susan Langer Bianca Klee Cornelia Gottschick Rafael Mikolajczyk Birth cohort studies using symptom diaries for assessing respiratory diseases-a scoping review. PLoS ONE |
| title | Birth cohort studies using symptom diaries for assessing respiratory diseases-a scoping review. |
| title_full | Birth cohort studies using symptom diaries for assessing respiratory diseases-a scoping review. |
| title_fullStr | Birth cohort studies using symptom diaries for assessing respiratory diseases-a scoping review. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Birth cohort studies using symptom diaries for assessing respiratory diseases-a scoping review. |
| title_short | Birth cohort studies using symptom diaries for assessing respiratory diseases-a scoping review. |
| title_sort | birth cohort studies using symptom diaries for assessing respiratory diseases a scoping review |
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