Nivel Corona Cohort: A description of the cohort and methodology used for combining general practice electronic records with patient reported outcomes to study impact of a COVID-19 infection

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 18; no. 8; p. e0288715
• Main Authors: Veldkamp, Renee, Hek, Karin, van den Hoek, Rinske, Schackmann, Laura, van Puijenbroek, Eugène, van Dijk, Liset
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco Public Library of Science 22.08.2023; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Analysis; Automation; Biology and Life Sciences; Clinical outcomes; Computer and Information Sciences; Consent; Corona; COVID-19; Electronic health records; Electronic medical records; Electronic records; Family medicine; Fatigue; Health services; Human subjects; Infections; Infrastructure; Long-term effects; Medical records; Medical research; Medicine and Health Sciences; Medicine, Experimental; Methods; Morbidity; Myalgia; Pandemics; Patient outcomes; Patients; People and places; Physicians (General practice); Population studies; Primary care; Questionnaires; Recruitment; Registration; Research and Analysis Methods; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Sneezing; Trusted third parties; Netherlands; California

A population-based COVID-19 cohort was set up in the Netherlands to gain comprehensive insight in the short- and long-term effects of COVID-19 in the general population. The present study aims to describe the methodology and infrastructure used to recruit individuals with COVID-19, and the represent...