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
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