Assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic among Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Colombia using respondent-driven sampling (RDS).

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine factors associated with adherence to COVID-19 mitigation measures, related symptoms and testing, as well as pandemic-related income loss among Venezuelan refugee and migrant adults in urban and border areas of Colombia.

Design

Phone-based respondent-driven sampling SETTING: Bogotá and Norte de Santander, Colombia.

Participants

605 adult Venezuelan refugees and migrants residing in Bogotá (n=305) and Norte de Santander (n=300), who arrived in Colombia after 2014 and completed the survey in August and September 2020.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Full COVID-19 compliance (vs incomplete or no compliance), any COVID-19-related symptoms (vs none) and income loss due to isolation measures in Colombia (vs no income change or increase i

SUBMITTER: Pham PN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9534778 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature