Symptoms and Wellbeing of People Infected With Covid-19 Virus in Iceland

NCT ID: NCT04546191

Last Updated: 2020-09-16

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 1580 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-07-01
• Study Completion Date: 2020-09-01

Brief Summary

The purpose of this cross-sectional study is to explore symptoms and well being of people diagnosed with COVID-19 from the outset of the pandemic until June 2020.

Detailed Description

All patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in Iceland were referred to the COVID-19 outpatient clinic at Landspitali National University Hospital in Iceland. In the clinic risk assessment was conducted and the patients were accordingly provided with individualized care be it telephone surveillance, onsite examination and treatment, or admission to the hospital. As the the first wave of the pandemic was curbing the necessity of exploring how the patients did and continue to fare after being infected became apparent.

The research questions are:

What were the symptoms that patients expressed during and about three months after being diagnosed with COVID-19? What is the prevalence and intensity of the symptoms that patients expressed during and about three months after being diagnosed with COVID-19 ? How do patients value their health related quality of life, what is their health literacy and sense of security in care during and about three months after being diagnosed with COVID-19 ? How do patients value the nursing care in the outpatient COVID-19 clinic? What are the patients' perception of having caught COVID-19?

Conditions

Covid19

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients receiving care from the COVID-19 outpatient clinic at LUH during the first wave of the pandemic

Exclusion Criteria

• Young than 18 y.o.
• Do not understand Icelandic
• Died

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Landspitali University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Helga Jónsdóttir

Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Brynja Ingadottir, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Faculty of Nursing

Locations

Landspitali National University Hospital

Reykjavik, Ísland, Iceland

Countries

Iceland

Other Identifiers

LSH-20-002

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id