Elsi-Covid-19 initiative

Methodology of the telephone survey on coronavirus in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging

Bibliographic Data

ID5166611
AuthorsMaria Fernanda Furtado Lima-Costa (0000-0002-3474-2980, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil), James Macinko (0000-0001-8055-5441, University of California, USA), Fabiola Bof De Andrade (0000-0002-3467-3989, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz), Paulo Roberto Borges De Souza-Júnior (0000-0002-8142-4790, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz), Mauricio Teixeira Leite De Vasconcellos (0000-0003-1658-2589, Fundação Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, Brasil), Cesar Messias De Oliveira (0000-0002-4099-4762, University College London, United Kingdom)
Year2020
Volume36
Issuesuppl 3
Pagese00183120-e00183120
Publication date2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/0102-311x00183120
PMID33053061
OpenAlexW3091871667
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X2020001506001
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited10

The COVID-19 pandemic (caused by the SARS-CoV-2) is a public health emergency of international concern that particularly affects older people. Brazil is one of the countries most affected by the pandemic, ranking second with the highest number of confirmed cases and deaths worldwide as of mid-June 2020. The ELSI-COVID-19 initiative is based on telephone interviews with participants of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil), conducted on a nationally representative sample of the population aged 50 or older. This initiative aims to provide information on adherence to preventive measures (social distancing, wearing masks, and handwashing/hygiene); reasons for leaving the house, when that was the case; difficulties obtaining medications, medical diagnosis of COVID-19, and receipt of confirmatory results; use of health-care services (recent care-seeking, care-seeking location, care receipt, among other aspects); and mental health (sleep, depression, and loneliness). The first round of telephone interviews was conducted between May 26 and June 8, 2020. The second and third rounds are expected to occur within the coming months. This article presents this initiative methodology and some sociodemographic characteristics of the 6,149 participants in the survey first round, relative the Brazilian population within the same age group

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Disease · Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Loneliness · Longitudinal study · Mental health · Pandemic · Political science · Population · Psychiatry · Public health · Receipt · Social distance · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Gerontology

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