通过意外的环境事件来调整流行病学研究:COVID-19和野火对PATH队列研究的管理产生影响
Tanya Layton1,2, Ranmalee Eramudugolla1,2,3, Craig Sinclair1,2
1School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.
概括
在前所未有的野火和COVID-19大流行期间,PATH通过生命研究成功地调整了其数据收集方法. 这使得人们能够继续研究人口健康以及这些重大事件的影响.
科学领域:
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 纵向队列研究 纵向队列研究
- 公共卫生研究 公共卫生研究
背景情况:
- 纵向队列研究PATH Through Life Study在第五波数据收集期间面临重大挑战,原因是同时发生的澳大利亚森林大火和COVID-19大流行.
- 现场工作的继续需要快速从面对面的评估过渡到远程数据收集方法,需要调整既定的协议.
研究的目的:
- 描述PATH通过生活研究中实施的方法调整,以维持在环境和公共卫生危机中收集数据.
- 评估这些方法变化对数据分析和未来纵向研究设计的影响.
- 思考协议变化,以实现透明报告,并为未来的研究策略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 对58-64岁澳大利亚人基于人口的队列的第五次后续评估数据收集过程的评估 (n=2530).
- 这些指标包括面对面和远程采访的响应率,对协议修改的观察以及参与者的反.
- 开发了关于野火和COVID-19暴露影响的额外在线调查,并将其整合到研究中.
主要成果:
- 在2147名参与者中,有1558人完成了第5波. 截至2020年3月,由于COVID-19的限制,68%的面试是远程完成的,其中30%是通过电话进行的.
- 森林火灾和COVID-19影响调查的完成率分别为60%和69%,与积极的事参与者反.
- 挑战包括多种数据收集途径对分析的影响以及电话采访的局限性.
结论:
- 已建立的纵向研究需要敏捷的设计和协议调整,以动态捕捉对意外事件的暴露,并仔细记录参与情况.
- 参与者的反应令人鼓舞,增强了数据集的价值,并独特地定位它,以解决人口脆弱性和暴露的持续影响.
- 方法调整对于保持研究连续性和在危机期间解决关键公共卫生问题至关重要.
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