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The collaborative outcomes study on health and functioning during infection times in adults (COH-FIT-Adults): Design and methods of an international online survey targeting physical and mental health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

. High-quality comprehensive data on short-/long-term physical/mental health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are needed.

Methods

. The Collaborative Outcomes study on Health and Functioning during Infection Times (COH-FIT) is an international, multi-language (n=30) project involving >230 investigators from 49 countries/territories/regions, endorsed by national/international professional associations. COH-FIT is a multi-wave, on-line anonymous, cross-sectional survey [wave 1: 04/2020 until the end of the pandemic, 12 months waves 2/3 starting 6/24 months threreafter] for adults, adolescents (14-17), and children (6-13), utilizing non-probability/snowball and representative sampling. COH-FIT aims to identify non-modifiable/modifiable risk factors/treatment targets to inform prevention/intervention programs to improve social/health outcomes in the general population/vulnerable subgrous during/after COVID-19. In adults, co-primary outcomes are change from pre-COVID-19 to intra-COVID-19 in well-being (WHO-5) and a composite psychopathology P-Score. Key secondary outcomes are a P-extended score, global mental and physical health. Secondary outcomes include health-service utilization/functioning, treatment adherence, functioning, symptoms/behaviors/emotions, substance use, violence, among others.

Results

. Starting 04/26/2020, up to 14/07/2021 >151,000 people from 155 countries/territories/regions and six continents have participated. Representative samples of ≥1,000 adults have been collected in 15 countries. Overall, 43.0% had prior physical disorders, 16.3% had prior mental disorders, 26.5% were health care workers, 8.2% were aged ≥65 years, 19.3% were exposed to someone infected with COVID-19, 76.1% had been in quarantine, and 2.1% had been COVID 19-positive.

Limitations

. Cross-sectional survey, preponderance of non-representative participants.

Conclusions

. Results from COH-FIT will comprehensively quantify the impact of COVID-19, seeking to identify high-risk groups in need for acute and long-term intervention, and inform evidence-based health policies/strategies during this/future pandemics.

SUBMITTER: Solmi M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8288233 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The collaborative outcomes study on health and functioning during infection times in adults (COH-FIT-Adults): Design and methods of an international online survey targeting physical and mental health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Solmi Marco M Estradé Andrés A Thompson Trevor T Agorastos Agorastos A Radua Joaquim J Cortese Samuele S Dragioti Elena E Leisch Friedrich F Vancampfort Davy D Thygesen Lau Caspar LC Aschauer Harald H Schloegelhofer Monika M Akimova Elena E Schneeberger Andres A Huber Christian G CG Hasler Gregor G Conus Philippe P Cuénod Kim Q Do KQD von Känel Roland R Arrondo Gonzalo G Fusar-Poli Paolo P Gorwood Philip P Llorca Pierre-Michel PM Krebs Marie-Odile MO Scanferla Elisabetta E Kishimoto Taishiro T Rabbani Golam G Skonieczna-Żydecka Karolina K Brambilla Paolo P Favaro Angela A Takamiya Akihiro A Zoccante Leonardo L Colizzi Marco M Bourgin Julie J Kamiński Karol K Moghadasin Maryam M Seedat Soraya S Matthews Evan E Wells John J Vassilopoulou Emilia E Gadelha Ary A Su Kuan-Pin KP Kwon Jun Soo JS Kim Minah M Lee Tae Young TY Papsuev Oleg O Manková Denisa D Boscutti Andrea A Gerunda Cristiano C Saccon Diego D Righi Elena E Monaco Francesco F Croatto Giovanni G Cereda Guido G Demurtas Jacopo J Brondino Natascia N Veronese Nicola N Enrico Paolo P Politi Pierluigi P Ciappolino Valentina V Pfennig Andrea A Bechdolf Andreas A Meyer-Lindenberg Andreas A Kahl Kai G KG Domschke Katharina K Bauer Michael M Koutsouleris Nikolaos N Winter Sibylle S Borgwardt Stefan S Bitter Istvan I Balazs Judit J Czobor Pal P Unoka Zsolt Z Mavridis Dimitris D Tsamakis Konstantinos K Bozikas Vasilios P VP Tunvirachaisakul Chavit C Maes Michael M Rungnirundorn Teerayuth T Supasitthumrong Thitiporn T Haque Ariful A Brunoni Andre R AR Costardi Carlos Gustavo CG Schuch Felipe Barreto FB Polanczyk Guilherme G Luiz Jhoanne Merlyn JM Fonseca Lais L Aparicio Luana V LV Valvassori Samira S SS Nordentoft Merete M Vendsborg Per P Hoffmann Sofie Have SH Sehli Jihed J Sartorius Norman N Heuss Sabina S Guinart Daniel D Hamilton Jane J Kane John J Rubio Jose J Sand Michael M Koyanagi Ai A Solanes Aleix A Andreu-Bernabeu Alvaro A Cáceres Antonia San José ASJ Arango Celso C Díaz-Caneja Covadonga M CM Hidalgo-Mazzei Diego D Vieta Eduard E Gonzalez-Peñas Javier J Fortea Lydia L Parellada Mara M Fullana Miquel A MA Verdolini Norma N Fárková Eva E Janků Karolina K Millan Mark M Honciuc Mihaela M Moniuszko-Malinowska Anna A Łoniewski Igor I Samochowiec Jerzy J Kiszkiel Łukasz Ł Marlicz Maria M Sowa Paweł P Marlicz Wojciech W Spies Georgina G Stubbs Brendon B Firth Joseph J Sullivan Sarah S Darcin Asli Enez AE Aksu Hatice H Dilbaz Nesrin N Noyan Onur O Kitazawa Momoko M Kurokawa Shunya S Tazawa Yuki Y Anselmi Alejandro A Cracco Cecilia C Machado Ana Inés AI Estrade Natalia N De Leo Diego D Curtis Jackie J Berk Michael M Ward Philip P Teasdale Scott S Rosenbaum Simon S Marx Wolfgang W Horodnic Adrian Vasile AV Oprea Liviu L Alexinschi Ovidiu O Ifteni Petru P Turliuc Serban S Ciuhodaru Tudor T Bolos Alexandra A Matei Valentin V Nieman Dorien H DH Sommer Iris I van Os Jim J van Amelsvoort Therese T Sun Ching-Fang CF Guu Ta-Wei TW Jiao Can C Zhang Jieting J Fan Jialin J Zou Liye L Yu Xin X Chi Xinli X de Timary Philippe P van Winke Ruud R Ng Bernardo B Pena Edilberto E Arellano Ramon R Roman Raquel R Sanchez Thelma T Movina Larisa L Morgado Pedro P Brissos Sofia S Aizberg Oleg O Mosina Anna A Krinitski Damir D Mugisha James J Sadeghi-Bahmani Dena D Sadeghi Masoud M Hadi Samira S Brand Serge S Errazuriz Antonia A Crossley Nicolas N Ristic Dragana Ignjatovic DI López-Jaramillo Carlos C Efthymiou Dimitris D Kuttichira Praveenlal P Kallivayalil Roy Abraham RA Javed Afzal A Afridi Muhammad Iqbal MI James Bawo B Seb-Akahomen Omonefe Joy OJ Fiedorowicz Jess J Carvalho Andre F AF Daskalakis Jeff J Yatham Lakshmi N LN Yang Lin L Okasha Tarek T Dahdouh Aïcha A Gerdle Björn B Tiihonen Jari J Shin Jae Il JI Lee Jinhee J Mhalla Ahmed A Gaha Lotfi L Brahim Takoua T Altynbekov Kuanysh K Negay Nikolay N Nurmagambetova Saltanat S Jamei Yasser Abu YA Weiser Mark M Correll Christoph U CU

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