[Seroprevalence of COVID-19 and Psychosocial Effects in the General Population: Results of the STAAB-COVID-One Program].

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research of SARS-CoV-2 has so far largely focused on symptomatic cases. The STAAB-COVID study therefore examined the seroprevalence of COVID-19 in the general population and the psychosocial effects of the pandemic.

Methods

From June-October 2020, a sub-study was conducted within the "Characteristics and Course of Heart Failure Stages A-B and Determinants of Progression (STAAB)" cohort study. 4,860 study participants identified from a representative age-stratified sample of Würzburg residents were asked to provide a blood sample and to fill in a questionnaire. All participants also received an offer to take part in a point prevalence assessment (nasal swab taken from the participant at the beginning of November 2020).

Results

A total of 3,034 subjects took

SUBMITTER: Eichner FA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11248002 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature