Supporting Self-Management in Children with Covid-19 Disease: A Narrative Review
Supporting Self-Management in Children with Covid-19 Disease: A Narrative Review
Seyed Mohsen Laal Mousavi,1,*Homa HajiZadegan,2Zeinab Habibi,3Pegah Farzanegan,4Maedeh Fakhrodini,5
1. Department of Health Information Technology, Faculty of Paramedical, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran 2. Department of Health Information Technology, Faculty of Paramedical, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran 3. Department of Health Informatics, Faculty of Medical Science, Tarbiat_Modares University, Tehran, Iran 4. Department of Dentistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran 5. Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil Branch, Ardabil, Iran
Introduction: COVID-19 is a contagious disease. The covid-19 pandemic can affect both adults and children. Children are as susceptible as adults in indicating. Self-management support includes the cooperation of the patient, family, and health care providers. The quarantine events of the covid-19 pandemic changed children’s routine, so we need more efficient childcare instructions than before.
Methods: We searched articles in public record databases on the Internet like Google Scholar database and SID, Science Direct, PubMed, Up-to-date using the MeSH, keywords including Self-Management, Children, Covid-19 and related factors, articles, and guidelines related to the subject of the paper from 2019 to 2021.
Results: Self-management in children is an emerging issue. There are three challenges:
1) children's dependence, 2) a wide range of growth factors affected by chronic disease, and 3) different epidemiology among children than adults. To achieve the more efficient method for self-management in children, we need a multidimensional model that has to include the following components:
• Environment: Considering and recognizing all aspects of the child's environment - from family to community,
• Body function: The physiology of Individual children should be examined and have their particular program
• Activities: The standard amount of activity to be done and what can be done
Conclusion: This is an essential finding in understanding the self-management intervention in children with Covid -19. Self-management improves health outcomes by increasing the patient's ability to navigate difficulties and solve issues, as well as boosting adherence to the treatment plan.
As a final point, we need a multidimensional model that includes components to develop a more efficient technique for self-management in children.
This result highlights that self-management interventions related to Covid- 19 conditions have many challenges and opportunities for children.
In the future, hope for self-management intervention enhances chronic disease outcomes, especially the covid-19 condition in the children population. There must be no doubt that the development of self-management support techniques and technologies in the children population has been directed by evidence, increasing acceptance of best practices in health outcomes.