Aim of this observational study is to improve our understanding of the impact of Covid-19 on health. By an online questionnaire at least 60.000 people are invited by email to participate. Invited are those people who tested for Covid-19 at the Public Health Service South Limburg since June 2020. Participants are followed over time (open cohort), to study impact on health, that is physical health, mental health, and social health (longcovid and other conseauences). Also, the socioeconomic impact is studied, as on work and education. And the consequences for health-care consumption; it also includes aspects as coping, stigma and lifestyle. All focused to understand the impact of Covid-19, in relation to health, and to gain information for promoting positive health and improving prevention and care.
Design: Prospective observational cohort study Mode of study: Online questionnaires Timing: Baseline starting nov. 2021; with regular follow-up measurements Measures: A great range of health-associated factors, all self-reported including a range of physical, mental and social health aspects. A range of structural and functional social netwok aspects Various measures on Covid-19 testing and vaccination Various measures on lifestyle behavior. And other measures that are interlinked with health-factors (such as coping, stress, and sociostructural factors) Analyses: Quantitative data are collected prospectively, and assessed using the appropriate data-analyses methods. Thee include for example epidemiological statistical methods, and social network methodology.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
60,000
there is no intervention; the study is observational
Public Health Service South Limburg
Geleen, South Limburg, Netherlands
Longcovid
The symptoms that are defined by the WHO-definition of longcovid plus exploratory (data-driven--can include symptoms not in the current WHO-definition)
Time frame: Change from the baseline questionaire up to 4 years thereafter, assessed at regular intervals (3,6,12 monthly) (note that at baseline, also historical information is collected from the participants)
Mental health
Negative health-outcomes related to mental health such as depression (assessed by PRQ9 scale)
Time frame: Change from the baseline questionaire up to 4 years thereafter, assessed at regular intervals (3,6,12 monthly) (note that at baseline, also historical information is collected from the participants)
Social health
Negative health outcomes related to social health, such as loneliness (assessed by de Jong-Gierveld scale)
Time frame: Change from the baseline questionaire up to 4 years thereafter, assessed at regular intervals (3,6,12 monthly) (note that at baseline, also historical information is collected from the participants)
Physical health
Negative health-outcomes related to physical health such as chronic non communicable disease (assessed upon self-report on a checklist of conditions present)
Time frame: Change from the baseline questionaire up to 4 years thereafter, assessed at regular intervals (3,6,12 monthly) (note that at baseline, also historical information is collected from the participants)
Positive health and resilience
Experienced general health (5-point scale ECHI)
Time frame: Change from the baseline questionaire up to 4 years thereafter, assessed at regular intervals (3,6,12 monthly)
Productivity
Socioeconomic impact on work and education (various scales)
Time frame: Change from the baseline questionaire up to 4 years thereafter, assessed at regular intervals (3,6,12 monthly)
Adversity
Stigma and coping strategies related to Covid-19 adverse consequences
Time frame: change from the baseline questionaire up to 4 years thereafter, assessed at regular intervals (3,6,12 monthly)
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