Challenges in conducting population-based seroepidemiology survey of Covid-19 in Lagos State, Nigeria

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ID15365404
AuthorsAdewale Kayode Ojogbede (0000-0001-9247-8471, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, corresponding author), Tajudeen Akanji Bamidele (0000-0003-2155-8639, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research), Oluwagbemiga Aina (0000-0002-2938-930X, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research), Toyosi Raheem (0000-0003-1316-3549, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research), Azuka Patrick Okwuraiwe (0000-0003-2878-0531, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research), Azuka Okwuraiwe, Olufemi Samuel Amoo (0000-0003-1076-7910, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research), Olufemi Amoo, Kazeem Adewale Osuolale (0000-0002-4759-2432, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research), David Oladele (0000-0003-1913-8934, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research), Abideen Salako (0000-0002-3018-3712, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research), Fehintola Ige (0000-0002-6257-614X, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research), Adesola Zaidat Musa (0000-0002-6533-2984, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research), Ifeoma Idigbe (0000-0002-7170-326X, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research), Fatimah Anwoju (0000-0003-0269-2787, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research), Basit Baruwa, Hussein Abdur-Razzak, Bisola Adebayo (0000-0002-7179-4157, Lagos State University), Owen Wright (0000-0002-5776-498X, Lagos State University), Kikelomo Wright, Aigbe Gregory Ohihoin (Nigerian Institute of Medical Research), Aigbe Ohihoin, Oliver Ezechi (0000-0003-0688-3898, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research), Rosemary Audu (0000-0002-0330-5219, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research)
Year2023
Volume23
Issue1
Pages2559-2559
Publication date2023-12-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12889-023-17125-1
PMID38129816
OpenAlexW4390060859
LanguageEN
References cited10

Population-based study is known to be a very essential type of study during and after a pandemic or epidemic, as it provides crucial information on the incidence, prevalence, and risk factors of the disease in question. There has been limited information about the challenges faced in conducting such surveys in Nigeria. In this paper, we will share our experience, and describe the challenges faced in conducting a population-based seroepidemiological study of COVID-19 in Lagos, Nigeria. Some challenges were peculiar to specific Local Government Areas (LGAs) while others were general. The challenges include general misconceptions of community members about health research, difficulties in mapping houses, planning for data collection, standardizing data collection, working in hard-to-reach communities when resources were limited as well as difficulty in collection of blood and naso-oropharyngeal swabs. Ways of overcoming these problems, lessons learnt, and recommendations are hereby discussed

Biostatistics · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Data collection · Disease · Environmental health · Government (linguistics · Incidence (geometry · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Pandemic · Pathology · Population · Public health · Socioeconomics · Data-Driven Disease Surveillance · Medicine · Nursing · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research · Epidemiology