RT Journal Article
T1 Impact of COVID-19 on the Health of the General and More Vulnerable Population and Its Determinants: Health Care and Social Survey-ESSOC, Study Protocol.
A1 Sánchez-Cantalejo, Carmen
A1 Rueda, María Del Mar
A1 Saez, Marc
A1 Enrique, Iria
A1 Ferri, Ramón
A1 Fuente, Miguel de La
A1 Villegas, Román
A1 Castro, Luis
A1 Barceló, Maria Antònia
A1 Daponte-Codina, Antonio
A1 Lorusso, Nicola
A1 Cabrera-León, Andrés
K1 COVID-19
K1 SARS-CoV-2
K1 health determinants
K1 health inequalities
K1 machine learning
K1 population registries
K1 public health
K1 real-world data
K1 surveys
K1 vulnerable populations
AB This manuscript describes the rationale and protocol of a real-world data (RWD) study entitled Health Care and Social Survey (ESSOC, Encuesta Sanitaria y Social). The study's objective is to determine the magnitude, characteristics, and evolution of the COVID-19 impact on overall health as well as the socioeconomic, psychosocial, behavioural, occupational, environmental, and clinical determinants of both the general and more vulnerable population. The study integrates observational data collected through a survey using a probabilistic, overlapping panel design, and data from clinical, epidemiological, demographic, and environmental registries. The data will be analysed using advanced statistical, sampling, and machine learning techniques. The study is based on several measurements obtained from three random samples of the Andalusian (Spain) population: general population aged 16 years and over, residents in disadvantaged areas, and people over the age of 55. Given the current characteristics of this pandemic and its future repercussions, this project will generate relevant information on a regular basis, commencing from the beginning of the State of Alarm. It will also establish institutional alliances of great social value, explore and apply powerful and novel methodologies, and produce large, integrated, high-quality and open-access databases. The information described here will be vital for health systems in order to design tailor-made interventions aimed at improving the health care, health, and quality of life of the populations most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
YR 2021
FD 2021-07-31
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/18321
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/18321
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 6, 2025