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Follow-COVID

Summary

Abstract

Follow-COVID is a study of over 100 patients across multiple regions within Scotland over the course of 6 years. The study seeks to identify the long term consequences and future care needs of COVID-19 survivors.

Keywords

COVID-19 Coronavirus Covid CO-CONNECT Blood Respiratory HIC LUNG FUNCTION Long Covid

Publisher

  • Name
    Health Informatics Centre - University of Dundee
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Documentation

Description

As COVID-19 is a new disease, there is a need to identify the long term consequences and future care needs of COVID19 survivors. Follow-COVID has recruited over 100 patients and has used blood testing, urine, respiratory samples, and tests of blood vessel function to measure the long term consequences of this disease. The study consists of a preliminary patient visit, followed by a second in-person visit several months later. There are then phone call consultations 1 year, 2 years and 5 years after the first visit, giving a longitudinal view of the progression of symptoms and long covid.
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Coverage

Spatial

  • Spatial coverage

    United Kingdom, Scotland, Tayside Region, United Kingdom, Scotland, South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom, Scotland, North Lanarkshire, United Kingdom, Scotland, Highland

  • Geographic levels
    Not available

Temporal

  • Start date
    19/04/2021
  • End date
    30/08/2021
  • Frequency
    Irregular
  • Distribution release date
    08/09/2021

Provenance

  • Purpose
    Study
  • Source
    Paper-based
  • Collection situation
    Other

Access and governance

  • Conditions of access
    General research use

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Usage

  • Conditions of use
    Disclosure control
  • Resource creator
    University of Dundee
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Access

  • Access rights
  • Access service
    HIC has implemented a remote-access "Safe Haven" environment to protect data confidentiality, satisfy public concerns about data loss and reassure Data Controllers about HIC’s secure management and processing of their data. Data is not released externally to data users for analysis on their own computers but placed on a server at HIC, within a restricted, secure IT environment, where the data user is given secure remote access to carry out their analysis. Full details are available via the following link: https://www.dundee.ac.uk/hic/safe-haven
  • Jurisdiction
    GB-SCT
  • Data controller
    University of Dundee
  • Data processor
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Format and standards

  • Language
    English
  • Format
    Database

Enrichment and linkage

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  • Linkage opportunity
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Synthetic data

Synthetic data is not yet available for this dataset. 

Data Dictionary

PATIENT_ID

Patient Identifier

MEDICATION_NO

Sequential number per patient (first medication has MEDICATION_NO = 1 and so on)

MEDICATION_NAME

Name of medication

CLASS_NUMBER_AND_NAME

BNF (British National Formulary) class number and name (e.g. 6 STATIN, 11 ANTIBIOTICS)

START_DATE

The date the patient started taking the medication (defaulted to the visit date in some ...

DOSE

Medication dose

UNIT

Dose unit (e.g. mg, tabs)

FREQUENCY

BNF frequency abbreviations, see: https://bnf.nice.org.uk/about/abbreviations-and-symbol...

ROUTE

How a patient takes the medication, e.g. "Oral". 01 = Oral 02 = IV 03 = IM 04 = SC 05 = ...

Variable description

Data type
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