Covid Survivor Study

Factors associated with COVID-19 recovery

Study background

COVID-19 pandemic has caused a significant burden for individuals, societies and systems. A number of studies has been conducted in COVID-19 survivors, though not much is known about the health status and associated factors among people who recovered from COVID-19 infection. Since COVID-19 is a newly emerged disease, experts are still studying how people recover from it, and studying the possible long-term effects. Therefore, the Global Health Literacy Research Network, the Asian Health Literacy Association (AHLA), and the Health Research Alliance (HRA) have jointly conducted the Global COVID-19 Survivors Survey.

Aims and research questions

In a previous survey, health literacy, digital healthy diet literacy, healthy eating behaviour, and physical activity have shown the protective impacts on mental health (fear, anxiety, depression), and health-related quality of life in outpatients, students, and healthcare workers. In this survey, we aim to explore the status, associations, and interactions among health literacy (HL), digital healthy diet literacy (DDL), resilience, health-related behaviors (e.g. physical activity, dietary intake), disability, fear of COVID-19, post-traumatic stress symptoms, changes in sexual functioning, and quality of life. In particular, the study focuses on the following research questions:

  • What is the status of, and associated factors of fear of COVID-19, and post-traumatic stress?
  • What is the disability levels in daily life functioning due to the COVID–19 pandemic among the survivors?
  • Do the COVID-19 survivors with higher health literacy, healthy diet literacy, better resilience, healthier health-related behaviours have lower scores of COVID-19 impact battery-disability?
  • Do the COVID-19 survivors with higher health literacy, healthy diet literacy, better resilience, healthier health-related behaviours have lower fear scores, a lower likelihood of post-traumatic stress symptoms?
  • Do the COVID-19 survivors with higher health literacy, healthy diet literacy, better resilience, healthier health-related behaviours have a better health-related quality of life?
  • Do the COVID-19 survivors with higher health literacy, healthy diet literacy, better resilience, healthier health-related behaviours have higher scores of sexual functioning?
  • What is the interaction between physical activity and dietary intake diminish the negative impact of COVID-19 on physical and psychological health and quality of life?

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Countries

Worldwide, 8 countries were involved in the COVID Survivor Study.

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Respondents

So far almost 10,000 respondents completed the COVID Survivor Study.

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Publications

A number of publications are in preperation.

Main goals

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Countries involved

Greece

Ass. professor Evanthia Sakellari

University of West Attica

Professor Areti Lagiou

University of West Attica

Fenerli Eleni-Zoi

University of West Attica

Ntokou Aikaterini

University of West Attica

Hong Kong

Dr. Sam SS Lau

Hong Kong Baptist University

Research Ass. professor Jojo Jiao

Hong Kong Baptist University

Indonesia

Ass. prof. Margaretha Sih Setija Utami

Soegijapranata Catholic University

Dr. Emyr Reisha Isaura

Soegijapranata Catholic University

Dr. Daniswara Agusta Wijaya

Soegijapranata Catholic University

Dr. Endang Widyorini

Soegijapranata Catholic University

Kazakhstan

Professor Altyn Aringazina

Almaty Management University

Assoc. Professor Raisa Aringazina

West Kazakhstan Medical University

Assoc. professor Gulshara Berdesheva

West Kazakhstan Medical University

Lebanon

Assoc. professor Carmel Bouclaous

Lebanese American University

Mongolia

Dr. Dulamsuren Samdam

New Public Health Agency

Dr. Jargalsaikhan Dondog

Global together

Ekhtuul Erdenebayar

Global together

Turkey

Dr. Fatma Ozlem Ozturk

Ankara University

Professor Sultan Ayaz Alkaya

Gazi University

Taiwan

Ass. professor Tuyen Van Duong

Taipei Medical University

Professor Cheng-Yu Lin

Shih Hsin University

Professor Chih-Feng Lai

National Taichung University of Education

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