Project: COVIDENCE UK
Identifying who is most at risk of contracting COVID-19 and why some people become more ill than others
The COVIDENCE UK research study has been developed in response to the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Participants in the study will be asked to complete an online questionnaire with details about their lifestyle and health. They will then be contacted every month to check if they have developed any symptoms of coronavirus disease, and to ask some follow-up questions about participants’ more general health and social circumstances.
The data collected will be analysed in order to:
- advance understanding of risk factors for coronavirus disease among UK adults
- find out how quickly people recover from coronavirus disease and whether there are any long-term complications of this illness
- evaluate the impact of coronavirus disease on the physical, mental and economic wellbeing of the UK population
- establish a platform for future research on coronavirus disease in the UK
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Publications
- Vivaldi G, Pfeffer PE, Talaei M, Basera TJ, Shaheen SO, Martineau AR, Long-term symptom profiles after COVID-19 vs other acute respiratory infections: an analysis of data from the COVIDENCE UK study. eClinicalMedicine, 2023. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.102251.
- Talaei M, Faustini S, Holt H et al. Determinants of pre-vaccination antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2: a population-based longitudinal study (COVIDENCE UK). BMC Med 20, 87 (2022). doi: 10.1186/s12916-022-02286-4
Key People
Adrian Martineau | Professor of Respiratory Infection and Immunity | Queen Mary University, London
Gerome Breen | Professor of Psychiatric Genetics | King’s College London
Hayley Holt | Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research PhD student | Queen Mary University, London
Chris Griffiths | Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research Director | Queen Mary University, London
Aziz Sheikh | Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research Director | University of Edinburgh
Ronan Lyons | Professor of Public Health | Swansea University
Frank Kee | Professor and Director of the Centre for Public Health | Queens University Belfast
Seif Shaheen | Professor of Respiratory Epidemiology | Queen Mary University of London
Gwyneth Davies | Lead: Postgraduate Training and Professor of Respiratory Medicine | Swansea University
David McCoy | Professor of Global Public Health | Queen Mary University, London
Alec Miners | Associate Professor of Health Economics | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
David Jolliffe | Early Career Researcher | Queen Mary University, London
Clare Relton | Senior Lecturer | Queen Mary University, London
Katie Young | Lecturer | King’s College London
Sarah Finer | Clinical Senior Lecturer | Queen Mary University, London
Stamatina Iliodromiti | Director of the Centre for Women’s Health | Queen Mary University, London
Molly Davies | Research Assistant | King’s College London
Katie Thompson | Research Assistant | King’s College London
Timeline
The COVIDENCE UK study launched May 1st 2020 and will operate for 5 years. Recruitment remains open to new participants.
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Funding (or other acknowledgements)
Barts Charity, Health Data Research UK