Cohort Profile: Real-Time Insights of COVID-19 in India (RTI COVID-India)

BMC Public Health

Research

Marco Angrisani¹  Sandy Chien¹  Sarah Petrosyan¹  Bas Weerman¹  Tanya Sethi¹  Pranali Yogiraj Khobragade¹  Jinkook Lee²  Simone Schaner²  Sharmistha Dey³  Arunika Agarwal⁴  David E. Bloom⁴  Nirupam Madan⁵  Abhijith R. Rao⁶  Joyita Banerjee⁷  Steffi Jacob⁷  A. B. Dey⁷ 

[1] Centre for Economic and Social Research, University of Southern California, 90089, Los Angeles, CA, USA;Centre for Economic and Social Research, University of Southern California, 90089, Los Angeles, CA, USA;Department of Economics, University of Southern California, 90089, Los Angeles, CA, USA;Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India;Department of Global Health and Population Research, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, 02115, Boston, MA, USA;Department of Hospital Administration, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 110029, New Delhi, India;Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India;Venu Geriatric Care Centre, Venu Charitable Society, Sheikh Sarai, 110017, New Delhi, India;

关键词: Cohort;    Telephone survey;    COVID-19;    Pandemic;    Real time changes;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-023-15084-1

 received in 2022-06-24, accepted in 2023-01-18,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe coronavirus disease (COVID) pandemic caused disruption globally and was particularly distressing in low- and middle-income countries such as India. This study aimed to provide population representative estimates of COVID-related outcomes in India over time and characterize how COVID-related changes and impacts differ by key socioeconomic groups across the life course.MethodsThe sample was leveraged from an existing nationally representative study on cognition and dementia in India: Harmonized Diagnostic Assessment of Dementia for the Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI-DAD). The wave-1 of LASI-DAD enrolled 4096 older adults aged 60 years and older in 3316 households from 18 states and union territories of India. Out of the 3316 LASI-DAD households, 2704 with valid phone numbers were contacted and invited to participate in the Real-Time Insights COVID-19 in India (RTI COVID-India) study. RTI COVID-India was a bi-monthly phone survey that provided insight into the individual’s knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour towards COVID-19 and changes in the household’s economic and health conditions throughout the pandemic. The survey was started in May 2020 and 9 rounds of data have been collected.Findings till dateOut of the 2704 LASI-DAD households with valid phone numbers, 1766 households participated in the RTI COVID-India survey at least once. Participants were in the age range of 18–102 years, 49% were female, 66% resided in rural area. Across all rounds, there was a higher report of infection among respondents aged 60–69 years. There was a greater prevalence of COVID-19 diagnosis reported in urban (23.0%) compared to rural areas (9.8%). Respondents with higher education had a greater prevalence of COVID-19 diagnosis compared to those with lower or no formal education. Highest prevalence of COVID-19 diagnosis was reported from high economic status compared to middle and low economic status households. Comparing education gradients in experiencing COVID-19 symptoms and being diagnosed, we observe an opposite pattern: respondents with no formal schooling reported the highest level of experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, whereas the greatest proportion of the respondents with secondary school or higher education reported being diagnosed with COVID-19.Future plansThe study group will analyse the data collected showing the real-time changes throughout the pandemic and will make the data widely available for researchers to conduct further studies.

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