Development of a decentralized cohort for studying post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 in India in the Data4life Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Decentralized, digital health studies can provide real-world evidence of the lasting effects of COVID-19 on physical, socioeconomic, psychological, and social determinant factors of health in India. Existing research cohorts, however, are small and were not designed for longitudinal collection of comprehensive data from India's diverse population. Data4Life is a nationwide, digitally enabled, health research initiative to examine the post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 across individuals, communities, and regions. Data4Life seeks to build an ethnically and geographically diverse population of at least 100,000 participants in India.

Methods

Here we discuss the feasibility of developing a completely decentralized COVID-19 cohort in India through qualitative analysis of

SUBMITTER: Schilling J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10457339 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature