Characterisation, determinants, mechanisms and consequences of the long-term effects of COVID-19: providing the evidence base for health care
Lead Research Organisation:
University College London
Department Name: UNLISTED
Abstract
We will address the following patient defined questions: What is long-COVID and how is it diagnosed? Why have I got long-COVID? What effects will long-COVID have on my health, ability to work and family? What are my chances of recovery? How will this research ensure I am getting the right treatment and support for long-COVID?
Physical and mental health consequences of C-19 infection, termed long-COVID, occur frequently. Our understanding of long-COVID, including how best to diagnose, risk factors, health and economic consequences, is poor, limiting efforts to help people. We will use a combination of national anonymised linked primary care electronic health records, and longitudinal studies of people of all ages across the country. We have asked participants about C-19 infections, long-COVID symptoms, and have collected health and socioeconomic information for many years before the pandemic. From these studies, we will ask people reporting long-COVID, and comparator groups, to wear a wrist band measuring exercise ability, breathing, and heart rate, and complete online questionnaires on mental health and cognitive function. They will also be invited to clinic for non-invasive imaging to look at potential damage to vital organs, such as the brain, lungs and heart. Patients, members of the public overseeing electronic health record research, and study members have been involved in shaping the research questions, and will be consulted for the duration of the project. In addition, people with long-COVID and their families, from the studies, will be involved in shaping the diagnostic tools for long-COVID, and aiding our understanding of determinants of recovery, and responses to therapy. We will share findings with bodies involved in guidelines (NICE, who are also part of this project), with government (via the publications).
Physical and mental health consequences of C-19 infection, termed long-COVID, occur frequently. Our understanding of long-COVID, including how best to diagnose, risk factors, health and economic consequences, is poor, limiting efforts to help people. We will use a combination of national anonymised linked primary care electronic health records, and longitudinal studies of people of all ages across the country. We have asked participants about C-19 infections, long-COVID symptoms, and have collected health and socioeconomic information for many years before the pandemic. From these studies, we will ask people reporting long-COVID, and comparator groups, to wear a wrist band measuring exercise ability, breathing, and heart rate, and complete online questionnaires on mental health and cognitive function. They will also be invited to clinic for non-invasive imaging to look at potential damage to vital organs, such as the brain, lungs and heart. Patients, members of the public overseeing electronic health record research, and study members have been involved in shaping the research questions, and will be consulted for the duration of the project. In addition, people with long-COVID and their families, from the studies, will be involved in shaping the diagnostic tools for long-COVID, and aiding our understanding of determinants of recovery, and responses to therapy. We will share findings with bodies involved in guidelines (NICE, who are also part of this project), with government (via the publications).
Technical Summary
This COVID-19 Long COVID award is jointly funded (50:50) between UKRI/Medical Research Council and the National Institute for Health Research. The figure displayed is the UKRI/MRC amount only, each partner is contributing equally towards the project so the Total Fund Amount is £9,593,946.
Long-term health consequences of C-19 (long-COVID) occur frequently. Most infections are not hospitalised; population studies are the place to understand individual and societal challenges of long-COVID. We will address the following questions: 1. How do we define and diagnose the sub-phenotypes of long-COVID? 2. What are the predictors of long-COVID, and what are the mechanisms of the sub-phenotypes? 3. What are the long-term health (physical and mental), and socioeconomic consequences? What factors enhance recovery? 4. What is the level of GP adherence to NICE diagnosis and management guidelines? Can a pop-up tool in medical records enhance adherence? We have an established consortium of experts and platforms uniting linked national primary care registries and population cohorts. The national coverage of primary care registries captures all individuals presenting to their GP, with linked prescribing, consulting, referral and outcome data. Many with long-COVID do not seek care. Population cohorts, with repeat C-19 related questionnaires, overcome this limitation. Further, the standardised pre-pandemic health data enables dissection of the effects of infection versus progression of co-morbidity. Questionnaires will identify long-COVID cases across cohorts. A subgroup of 200 cases will be matched to three sets of controls (C-19 +, long-COVID-), (C-19-, long-COVID+), and (C-19-, long-COVID-). They will wear a device capturing exercise capacity, heart rate and respiration, and complete regular online questionnaires on mental health and cognition. They will attend clinic for imaging to assess target organ damage. Qualitative work with people with long-COVID will inform diagnostic criteria and understanding of the lived experience. Parallel analysis of cohorts and registries will address each question. With NICE, we will quantify adherence to diagnostic and management guidelines in GP records, and pilot a pop-up intervention to enhance adherence. Our findings will enhance diagnostic criteria, identify pathways for bespoke sub-phenotype intervention, and inform plans for health service delivery.
Long-term health consequences of C-19 (long-COVID) occur frequently. Most infections are not hospitalised; population studies are the place to understand individual and societal challenges of long-COVID. We will address the following questions: 1. How do we define and diagnose the sub-phenotypes of long-COVID? 2. What are the predictors of long-COVID, and what are the mechanisms of the sub-phenotypes? 3. What are the long-term health (physical and mental), and socioeconomic consequences? What factors enhance recovery? 4. What is the level of GP adherence to NICE diagnosis and management guidelines? Can a pop-up tool in medical records enhance adherence? We have an established consortium of experts and platforms uniting linked national primary care registries and population cohorts. The national coverage of primary care registries captures all individuals presenting to their GP, with linked prescribing, consulting, referral and outcome data. Many with long-COVID do not seek care. Population cohorts, with repeat C-19 related questionnaires, overcome this limitation. Further, the standardised pre-pandemic health data enables dissection of the effects of infection versus progression of co-morbidity. Questionnaires will identify long-COVID cases across cohorts. A subgroup of 200 cases will be matched to three sets of controls (C-19 +, long-COVID-), (C-19-, long-COVID+), and (C-19-, long-COVID-). They will wear a device capturing exercise capacity, heart rate and respiration, and complete regular online questionnaires on mental health and cognition. They will attend clinic for imaging to assess target organ damage. Qualitative work with people with long-COVID will inform diagnostic criteria and understanding of the lived experience. Parallel analysis of cohorts and registries will address each question. With NICE, we will quantify adherence to diagnostic and management guidelines in GP records, and pilot a pop-up intervention to enhance adherence. Our findings will enhance diagnostic criteria, identify pathways for bespoke sub-phenotype intervention, and inform plans for health service delivery.
Organisations
- University College London (Lead Research Organisation)
- University College London (Collaboration)
- BRADFORD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (Collaboration)
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW (Collaboration)
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF YORK (Collaboration)
- SWANSEA UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON (Collaboration)
- KING'S COLLEGE LONDON (Collaboration)
- University of Bristol (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
Publications
Fang C
(2023)
'I am just a shadow of who I used to be'-Exploring existential loss of identity among people living with chronic conditions of Long COVID.
in Sociology of health & illness
Baz SA
(2023)
'I don't know what to do or where to go'. Experiences of accessing healthcare support from the perspectives of people living with Long Covid and healthcare professionals: A qualitative study in Bradford, UK.
in Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy
Dashtban A
(2022)
A retrospective cohort study predicting and validating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in individuals with chronic kidney disease.
in Kidney international
Cowling T
(2023)
Association between living with children, vaccination, and outcomes from COVID-19: an OpenSAFELY cohort study of 12 million adults in England during 2021-22
in Wellcome Open Research
| Title | Animation- Introduction to the COVID-19 Longitudinal Health and Wellbeing National Core Study |
| Description | This animation describes the structure and aims of the COVID-19 Longitudinal Health and Wellbeing National Core Study and CONVALESCENCE study. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | This animation has been shared widely on social media |
| URL | https://youtu.be/QlCpOcPbFE4 |
| Title | CONVALESCENCE Study Participant Information Video |
| Description | This video walks participants through their clinic visit for the long COVID Convalescence Study. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | Study Participants have benefitted from knowing what will happen at the clinic. |
| URL | https://youtu.be/J0ED-67_sRE |
| Title | Impact of the COVID-19 Longitudinal Health and Wellbeing National Core Study |
| Description | Bitesize video overview of the Impact of the COVID-19 Longitudinal Health and Wellbeing National Core Study outputs in 2021 |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | This video was used at the CLOSER conference to showcase the impact of the study so far and to highlight challenges that have occurred. |
| URL | https://youtu.be/G8tn5VBdG8M |
| Title | Infographic Summary of the key Convalescence findings so far |
| Description | This infographic summarises the key findings from the the first year of the Convalescence Long Covid Study/ The graphic was made with the patient advisory group and has been shared by the Long Covid support groups on social media. |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | This Infographic has been shared with the large long covid support groups on social media, it has reached >20K people. |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/covid-19-longitudinal-health-wellbeing/convalescence-long-covid-study-one-year... |
| Description | COVID-19 Recovery Committee |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/committees/current-and-previous-committees/sessio... |
| Description | Cabinet Office Long COVID Teach In |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Description | Cabinet Report on Inequalities in healthcare disruptions during the Covid-19 pandemic: Evidence from 12 UK population-based longitudinal studies |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/covid-19-longitudinal-health-wellbeing/sites/covid_19_longitudinal_health_well... |
| Description | Cabinet Report on mental health inequalities in healthcare, economic, and housing disruption during COVID-19: an investigation in 12 longitudinal studies |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/covid-19-longitudinal-health-wellbeing/sites/covid_19_longitudinal_health_well... |
| Description | Case Studies |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Impact | These case studies are many examples of how the work from the studies changed services during the pandemic, including the vaccine rollout Long Covid GP coding and treatment options. |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/covid-19-longitudinal-health-wellbeing/case-studies |
| Description | Citations in policy documents- Long COVID Coding |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in clinical reviews |
| URL | https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng188 |
| Description | Citations in policy documents- Long COVID Coding |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/report/knotted-pipeline-health-data-inequalities/ |
| Description | Citations in policy documents- Long COVID Risk Factors |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://www.brookings.edu/research/how-much-is-long-covid-reducing-labor-force-participation-not-muc... |
| Description | Citations in policy documents- Long COVID Risk Factors |
| Geographic Reach | Australia |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/695983/Evidence-Check-Post-acute-sequelae-... |
| Description | Citations in policy documents- Long COVID Risk Factors |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/Infekt/EpidBull/Archiv/2022/Ausgaben/44_22.pdf?__blob=publicationFile |
| Description | Citations in policy documents- Long COVID SAGE report |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issues-migration-health/panorama-de-la-sante-2021_fea50730-fr |
| Description | Citations in policy documents- Long COVID SAGE report |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issues-migration-health/health-at-a-glance-2021_ae3016b9-en |
| Description | Citations in policy documents- Long COVID SAGE report |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-domestic-vaccine-certification-childrens-righ... |
| Description | Citations in policy documents-Long COVID SAGE report |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://www.hiqa.ie/reports-and-publications/health-technology-assessment/protective-measures-groups... |
| Description | Enhanced service specification Long COVID 2021/22 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | This NHS Enhanced service specification Long COVID 2021/22, has led to increased number of individuals coded with long COVID, and subsequent referral to specialist services. |
| URL | https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/C1313-ess-long-covid-21-22.pdf |
| Description | Guest Speaker on Independent SAGE weekly broadcast October 28th 2022 |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | This briefing has been viewed by thousands of members of the public. It has been widely shared and discussed on social media. |
| URL | https://www.independentsage.org/weekly-briefing-28th-october-2022/ |
| Description | Insights and Impact Summary |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Impact | This document summarises the policy and practice changes that occurred as a result of this study |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/covid-19-longitudinal-health-wellbeing/summary-2021-2022 |
| Description | Long COVID Update to the NHSEI Long Covid Research Subgroup |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Description | Long COVID mental health support leaflet (both in English and Japanese) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or Improved professional practice |
| Impact | These Long COVID mental health information packages are expected to improve both patients' and healthcare professionals' knowledge about how to better acknowledge and address various mental health challenges alongside living with Long COVID and subsequent issues. A range of healthcare providers, Long COVID specialist clinics and local wellbeing services in the UK and Japan have shown interest in disseminating the documents. We envisage that the information assembled by our research team can have a significant impact on mental health practice within these organisations and also beyond in wider society. |
| Description | National GP Alert |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | On behalf of NHS England, we conducted a population-based cohort study investigating the association between warfarin and COVID-19 outcomes compared with direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs). We used the OpenSAFELY platform to analyse primary care data and pseudonymously linked SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing data, hospital admissions and death records from England. We found that during lockdown, some individuals were inappropriately switched from warfarin to DOACs, this led to a national alert to GPs. |
| URL | https://dx.doi.org/10.1186%2Fs13045-021-01185-0 |
| Description | OpenSAFELY report of coverage |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| URL | https://reports.opensafely.org/reports/antivirals-and-nmabs-for-non-hospitalised-covid-19-patients-c... |
| Description | Short Report on Long COVID - SAGE REPORT |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | This report highlighted what we know about long COVID and where further work is required. Sir Patrick Vallance described the report as the "most comprehensive view to date" on Long COVID. It was very well received at SAGE and passed onto the European counterparts. It was widely disseminated on social media. |
| URL | https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1007... |
| Description | Sotrovimab recommendation by NICE |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | On Tuesday 21st Feb NICE reversed their earlier (draft) decision and recommended sotrovimab as treatment of COVID-19 for patients where Paxlovid was not suitable. |
| URL | https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/gid-ta10936/documents/html-content-10 |
| Description | Summary of policy mentions |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | The findings from our study have bee used in the following policy documents to inform policies around the long term health and wellbeing of people with COVID-19 and Long Covid |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/covid-19-longitudinal-health-wellbeing/policy-documents |
| Description | COVID-19 Longitudinal Health and Wellbeing - National Core Study (LWH-NCS) |
| Amount | £5,203,856 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | MC_PC_20030 |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2020 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | Phase 1 COVID-19 Longitudinal Health and Wellbeing - National Core Study |
| Amount | £9,073,781 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | MC_PC_20059 |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2021 |
| End | 09/2022 |
| Description | The risk of stroke after SARS-CoV-2 in a UK population-wide cohort |
| Amount | £60,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | SA_CV_20/100018 |
| Organisation | Stroke Association |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2021 |
| End | 03/2022 |
| Title | OpenSAFELY Long Covid Dashboard |
| Description | Dashboard to assess if GPs are coding for Long Covid |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Has informed NICE on GP numbers coding Long Covid |
| URL | https://reports.opensafely.org/reports/clinical-coding-of-long-covid-in-english-primary-care-a-feder... |
| Title | 1970 British Cohort Study Response Dataset, 1970-2016 |
| Description | The 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) began in 1970 when data were collected about the births and families of babies born in the United Kingdom in one particular week in 1970. Since then, there have been nine further full data collection exercises in order to monitor the cohort members' health, education, social and economic circumstances. These took place when respondents were aged 5 in 1975, aged 10 in 1980, aged 16 in 1986, aged 26 in 1996, aged 30 in 1999-2000 (SN 5558), aged 34 in 2004-2005, aged 42 in 2012 and aged 46 in 2016-18. A range of sub-sample and supplementary surveys have also been conducted, and a separate dataset covering response to BCS70 over all waves is available under SN 5641, 1970 British Cohort Study Response Dataset, 1970-2012. Further information about the BCS70 and may be found on the Centre for Longitudinal Studies website. As well as BCS70, the CLS now also conducts the NCDS series. How to access genetic and/or bio-medical sample data from a range of longitudinal surveys: A useful overview of the governance routes for applying for genetic and bio-medical sample data, which are not available through the UK Data Service, can be found at Governance of data and sample access on the METADAC (Managing Ethico-social, Technical and Administrative issues in Data Access) website. The BCS70 Response Dataset contains response outcomes for all main sweeps of BCS70 (1970-2016). The fourth edition (March 2021) includes Sweep 10 outcomes and has been streamlined by removing cases which have never participated in any main sweep survey and are no longer being issued. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/cls-studies/1970-british-cohort-study/ |
| URL | https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/doi/?id=5641#2 |
| Title | Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children |
| Description | ALSPAC is a longitudinal birth cohort study which enrolled pregnant women who were resident in one of three Bristol-based health districts in the former County of Avon with an expected delivery date between 1st April 1991 and 31st December 1992. Around 14,000 pregnant women were initially recruited. Detailed information has been collected on these women, their partners and subsequent children using self-completion questionnaires, data extraction from medical notes, linkage to routine information systems and from hands-on research clinics. Additional cohorts of participants have since been enrolled in their own right including fathers, siblings, children of the children and grandparents of the children. Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the ALSPAC Ethics and Law Committee (IRB00003312) and Local Research Ethics. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2014 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | http://www.bristol.ac.uk/alspac/ |
| URL | http://service.re3data.org/repository/r3d100011256 |
| Title | Born in Bradford |
| Description | Born in Bradford is one of the biggest and most important medical research studies undertaken in the UK. The project started in 2007 and is looking to answer questions about our health by tracking the lives of 13,500 babies and their families and will provide information for studies across the UK and around the world. The aim of Born in Bradford is to find out more about the causes of childhood illness by studying children from all cultures and backgrounds as their lives unfold. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | https://borninbradford.nhs.uk/ |
| URL | http://service.re3data.org/repository/r3d100011818 |
| Title | CVD-COVID-UK/COVID-IMPACT |
| Description | See https://www.hdruk.ac.uk/projects/cvd-covid-uk-project/ CVD-COVID-UK established a novel population wide resource in partnership with NHS Digital, comprising of a range of linked datasets covering the entire population of England, including o hospital data o death registrations o primary care data o community dispensing data o Covid-19 vaccination data and lab test o Data from intensive care units and from cardiovascular specialist registries • |
| Type Of Material | Data analysis technique |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Results from analyses using this research database have informed national COVID-19 Advisory Groups and public health agencies on COVID-19 vaccine safety. |
| URL | https://www.hdruk.ac.uk/projects/cvd-covid-uk-project/ |
| Title | MRC NSHD 2013-2018 Data |
| Description | The MRC National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD) has informed UK health care, education and social policy for more than 50 years and is the oldest and longest running of the British birth cohort studies. Today, with study members in their seventies, the NSHD offers a unique opportunity to explore the long-term biological and social processes of ageing and how ageing is affected by factors acting across the whole of life. From an initial maternity survey of 5362 births recorded in England, Scotland and Wales during one week of March 1946, a socially stratified sample of singleton babies born to married parents was selected for follow-up. These participants have been studied over twenty times throughout their life. During their childhood, the main aim of the NSHD was to investigate how the environment at home and at school affected physical and mental development and educational attainment. During adulthood, the main aim was to investigate how childhood health and development and lifetime social circumstances affected their adult health and function and their change with age. Now, as participants have reached retirement, the research team is developing the NSHD into a life course study of ageing. Study members were asked to attend a clinic at age 60-64 for a range of assessments (or alternatively have a home visit). They were invited for a home visit at 69 years, updating information on health, lifestyle and life circumstances as well as obtaining repeat physical and cognitive measurements. Postal questionnaires were completed before the clinic and home visits. A subset of 500 study members are also being invited to participate in a Neuroscience sub-study. This publication covers data from the NSHD for the years 2013 to 2018. The cohort study is ongoing and further data collections are being added, while component data sets are separately referable. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Data provided for linkage within UK LLC |
| URL | http://www.nshd.mrc.ac.uk/data/nshd-digital-object-identifiers/mrc-nshd-2013-2018-data/ |
| Title | National Child Development Study: Activity Histories, 1974-2013 |
| Description | The National Child Development Study (NCDS) originated in the Perinatal Mortality Survey (see SN 5565), which examined social and obstetric factors associated with still birth and infant mortality among over 17,000 babies born in Britain in one week in March 1958. Surviving members of this birth cohort have been surveyed on eight further occasions in order to monitor their changing health, education, social and economic circumstances - in 1965 at age 7, 1969 at age 11, 1974 at age 16 (the first three sweeps are also held under SN 5565), 1981 (age 23 - SN 5566), 1991 (age 33 - SN 5567), 1999/2000 (age 41/2 - SN 5578), 2004-2005 (age 46/47 - SN 5579), 2008-2009 (age 50 - SN 6137) and 2013 (age 55 - SN 7669). There have also been surveys of sub-samples of the cohort, the most recent occurring in 1995 (age 37), when a 10% representative sub-sample was assessed for difficulties with basic skills (SN 4992). Finally, during 2002-2004, 9,340 NCDS cohort members participated in a bio-medical survey, carried out by qualified nurses (SN 5594, available under more restrictive Special Licence access conditions; see catalogue record for details). The bio-medical survey did not cover any of the topics included in the 2004/2005 survey. Further NCDS data separate to the main surveys include a response and deaths dataset, parent migration studies, employment, activity and partnership histories, behavioural studies and essays - see the NCDS series page for details. Further information about the NCDS can be found on the Centre for Longitudinal Studies website. How to access genetic and/or bio-medical sample data from a range of longitudinal surveys: A useful overview of the governance routes for applying for genetic and bio-medical sample data, which are not available through the UK Data Service, can be found at Governance of data and sample access on the METADAC (Managing Ethico-social, Technical and Administrative issues in Data Access) website. The purpose of the National Child Development Study: Activity Histories, 1974-2013 was to merge all data on work and non-work activities in successive sweeps into one longitudinal dataset. Data on work and non-work activities lasting one month or more have been collected in all NCDS sweeps from sweep 4 (age 23) onwards. The focus of the questions asked at each sweep vary from: work activities engaged in since leaving school (sweep 4 aged 23); work and non-work activities engaged in since leaving school (sweep 5, aged 33); work and non-work activities engaged in since the last sweep (sweep 6, aged 42); work and non-work activities engaged in since the last sweep or aged 16 (sweep 7, aged 46) work and non-work activities engaged in since 2000, or 2004 if included in sweep 7 (sweep 8, aged 50), work and non-work activities engaged in since 2004, or 2008 if included in sweep 8 (sweep 9, aged 55). Therefore the activity histories will start from the time that the cohort member left school and continue until the interview date of the latest data sweep that each cohort member participated in. The lengths of the activity histories vary depending on the latest sweep that a cohort member was present at. The minimum activity history length recorded is 1 month and the maximum is 480 months (40 years). Gaps in the activity histories occur where a cohort member has not been present at all sweeps and/or where full activity data were not reported. An employment histories dataset was previously created (Ward, 2007). This work was undertaken as part of the Gender Network Project. The current work on NCDS activity histories builds on this previous activity history and incorporates various cleaning of the data. This previous employment history included data up to sweep 7 (2004) only, did not deal with any non-work activities and did not identify duplicate activities (i.e. where an activity was reported again in a later sweep). Latest Edition Information For the second edition (June 2016) the data and documentation were updated to include the latest NCDS wave, extending coverage to 2013. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/cls-studies/1958-national-child-development-study/ |
| URL | https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/doi/?id=6942#3 |
| Title | The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children - A resource for COVID-19 research: Questionnaire data capture November 2020 - March 2021 |
| Description | The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) is a prospective population-based cohort study which recruited pregnant women in 1990-1992 and has followed these women, their partners (Generation 0; G0) and their offspring (Generation 1; G1) ever since. The study has reacted rapidly and repeatedly to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, deploying online questionnaires throughout the pandemic. In November/December 2020, a fourth questionnaire was deployed asking about physical and mental health, lifestyle and behaviours, employment and finances. G0 participants were offered an online questionnaire between 17th November 2020 and 7th February 2021, while G1 participants were offered both online and paper questionnaires between 1st December 2020 and 19th March 2021. Of 15,844 invitations, 8,643 (55%) participants returned the questionnaire (3,101 original mothers [mean age 58.6 years], 1,172 original fathers/partners [mean age 61.5 years] and 4,370 offspring [mean age 28.4 years]). Of these 8,643 participants, 2,012 (23%) had not returned a previous COVID-19 questionnaire, while 3,575 (41%) had returned all three previous questionnaires. In this questionnaire, 300 participants (3.5%) reported a previous positive COVID-19 test, 110 (1.3%) had been told by a doctor they likely had COVID-19, and 759 (8.8%) suspected that they had had COVID-19. Based on self-reported symptoms, between October 2020 and February 2021 359 participants (4.2%) were predicted COVID-19 cases. COVID data is being complemented with linkage to health records and Public Health England pillar testing results as they become available. Data has been released as an update to the previous COVID-19 datasets. It comprises: 1) a standard dataset containing all participant responses to both questionnaires with key sociodemographic factors; and 2) as a composite release coordinating data from the existing resource, thus enabling bespoke research across all areas supported by the study. This data note describes the fourth questionnaire and the data obtained from it. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This a specific questionnaire which was deployed to assess long COVID in LPS and is one of a series of linked cohort collections described here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-30836-0 |
| URL | https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/6-155 |
| Title | TwinsUK |
| Description | The TwinsUK resource is the biggest UK adult twin registry of 12.000 twins used to study the genetic and environmental aetiology of age related complex traits and diseases. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | https://twinsuk.ac.uk/media-and-engagement/overview/ |
| URL | http://service.re3data.org/repository/r3d100011851 |
| Description | BRADFORD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST |
| Organisation | Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | As described under other output headings |
| Collaborator Contribution | As described under other output headings |
| Impact | As described under other output headings |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Bristol University-NCS LH&W |
| Organisation | University of Bristol |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Providing co-leadership of the project. Providing study data. Contributing to data analysis, results dissemination, study design and conduct, oversight and strategic input. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Professor Jonathan Sterne, is co-Director of the LH&W NCS and PI of the vaccination theme related to this award. Providing co-leadership of the project. Providing study data. Contributing to data analysis, results dissemination, study design and conduct, oversight and strategic input. |
| Impact | doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.22.21266512 |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | CLOSER |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Department | Institute of Education (IOE) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Leading on work packages and the teaching aspect of CLOSER. This includes data analysis, preparing and commenting on manuscripts, organising workshops, seminars and conferences. Members of the executive group and CLOSER communications network. |
| Collaborator Contribution | CLOSER (Cohort & Longitudinal Studies Enhancement Resources) aims to maximise their use, value and impact both at home and abroad. Bringing together eight leading studies, the British Library and the UK Data Service, CLOSER works to stimulate interdisciplinary research, develop shared resources, provide training, and share expertise. In this way CLOSER is helping to build the body of knowledge on how life in the UK is changing - both across generations and in comparison to the rest of the world. |
| Impact | Johnson 2017 PMID:28072856 Bann 2017 PMID: 28072856 2 successful bids to the innovation fund 2 successful bids to the innovation fund Bann, D, Johnson, W, Li, L, Kuh, D, Hardy, R. Socioeconomic inequalities in body mass index, weight, and height in childhood and adolescence: coordinated analyses of individual participant data from four British birth cohort studies initiated in 1946, 1958, 1970, and 2000/1. Lancet Public Health 2018 Apr;3(4):e194-e203. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(18)30045-8. Epub 2018 Mar 21. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | CLOSER |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | N/A yet |
| Collaborator Contribution | N/A yet |
| Impact | N/A yet |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | KCL |
| Organisation | King's College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As described under other output headings |
| Collaborator Contribution | As described under other output headings |
| Impact | As described under other output headings |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | LSHTM |
| Organisation | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As described under other output headings |
| Collaborator Contribution | As described under other output headings |
| Impact | As described under other output headings |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit |
| Organisation | University of Bristol |
| Department | MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol- Colleagues at The MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit are developing novel techniques for the analysis of epigenetic data and have performed epigenetic analyses using SABRE blood samples to study DNA methylation in association with smoking and blood pressure. |
| Collaborator Contribution | MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol- Colleagues at The MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit are developing novel techniques for the analysis of epigenetic data and have performed epigenetic analyses using SABRE blood samples to study DNA methylation in association with smoking and blood pressure. |
| Impact | Nabila Kazmi, Hannah R. Elliott, Kim Burrows, Therese Tillin, Alun D. Hughes, Nish Chaturvedi, Tom R. Gaunt, Caroline L. Relton. Associations between high blood pressure and DNA methylation. PLoS One. 2020; 15(1): e0227728. Published online 2020 Jan 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227728. PMCID: PMC6991984 |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Department | MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton- this group, with a key interest in chronic musculoskeletal disorders, is working closely with us, studying SABRE DEXA data from visit 3 to gain insights into ethnic differences in bone health in older age. |
| Collaborator Contribution | MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton- this group, with a key interest in chronic musculoskeletal disorders, is working closely with us, studying SABRE DEXA data from visit 3 to gain insights into ethnic differences in bone health in older age. |
| Impact | None to date |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | As described under other output headings |
| Collaborator Contribution | As described under other output headings |
| Impact | As described under other output headings |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Swansea University |
| Organisation | Swansea University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As described under other output headings |
| Collaborator Contribution | As described under other output headings |
| Impact | As described under other output headings |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | University of Cambridge |
| Organisation | University of Cambridge |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As described under other output headings |
| Collaborator Contribution | As described under other output headings |
| Impact | As described under other output headings |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | University of Edinburgh |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As described under other output headings |
| Collaborator Contribution | As described under other output headings |
| Impact | As described under other output headings |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | University of Glasgow |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As described under other output headings |
| Collaborator Contribution | As described under other output headings |
| Impact | As described under other output headings |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | University of Oxford |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As described under other output headings |
| Collaborator Contribution | As described under other output headings |
| Impact | As described under other output headings |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | University of York |
| Organisation | University of York |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As described under other output headings |
| Collaborator Contribution | As described under other output headings |
| Impact | As described under other output headings |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Title | RADAR-base Data Collection Instruments |
| Description | Components of RADAR-base for data collection in a Remote Monitoring Study using the RADAR-base platform. |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | Software and data collection instruments and wearable devices are required to perform the remote monitoring part of the research study. |
| URL | https://radar-base.org/ |
| Description | "I am only half left" - a qualitative exploration of Long COVID patients' existential loss and its impact on their identity, presented on BSA 2022 Medical Sociology Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Over 200 researchers and practitioners attended this BSA MedSoc conference in September 2022. This presentation was part of a session focusing on Long COVID. Attendees included health researchers and practitioners. Discussions focused on how to better understand the complex and far-reaching impacts of Long COVID so that more holistic support can be developed. This presentation also opened doors for future collaborations with other like-minded researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.britsoc.co.uk/media/25915/medsoc22_day3final_abstract_book.pdf |
| Description | "Neglected": Exploring patients' experiences of Long Covid and accessing healthcare services taking an intersectional approach, presented on the BSa 2022 Medical Sociology Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Over 200 researchers and practitioners attended this BSA MedSoc conference in September 2022. This presentation was part of a session focusing on Long COVID. Attendees reported that their own research and practical experiences have resonated with our findings. This resolution further sparked discussions on how to further collaborate to better address healthcare access issues in a more coordinated manner. This presentation also opened doors for future collaborations with other like-minded researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.britsoc.co.uk/media/25915/medsoc22_day3final_abstract_book.pdf |
| Description | Anika Knuppel presentation at Royal Statistical Society 2022 International Conference - Sep 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Academic conference presentation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://rss.org.uk/training-events/conference2022/ |
| Description | Anika Knuppel conference presentation at EASD conference 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on findings of research addressing cardiometabolic risk factors in relation to long COVID to an international academic conference focused on diabetes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.easd.org/annual-meeting/easd-2022.html |
| Description | At the Intersections Conference Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Audience: Academic - scholars of race, ethnicity, gender, disability and intersectionality attended. What we did: Sarah Baz presented at the At the Intersections ECR conference and networked with other ECRs including former CODE Manchester employee who worked on a national survey on Covid. Presented findings on barriers to accessing healthcare amongst people with Long Covid in Bradford. Outcome: Feedback on project and networking. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/at-the-intersections-conference-2022-tickets-316660880217?utm_source=... |
| Description | BBC Points West Interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BBC Points West Broadcast on our study of long COVID, with a particular focus on participants drawn from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC/Children of the Nineties), also reported on BBC website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-61421059 |
| Description | Behind the scenes of collaborating on a Covid-19 National Core Study |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Data impact blog - In this post, Bozena Wielgoszewska reflects on the importance of good communication in her collaboration on the Covid-19 Longitudinal Health and Wellbeing National Core Study, a project that is generating new data-driven insights into the Covid-19 furlough scheme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/behind-the-scenes-collaboration/ |
| Description | Blog: Wellcome Longitudinal Population Studies COVID-19 Questionnaire Secretariat - one year on and what's next. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A reflection on one year of the The Wellcome Longitudinal Population Studies COVID-19 Questionnaire, which engaged with 13 diverse cohorts , was made readily and freely available, was used in whole or part by more than 100 studies and got more than 31,000 responses. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/covid19-lhw/2021/07/19/the-wellcome-longitudinal-population-studies-covid-19... |
| Description | Blog: Over 100 participants have been enrolled to take part in the Convalescence Deep Phenotyping Clinic! |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Update of the CONVALESCENCE Long COVID Deep Phenotyping Clinic. The purpose was to update various audiences on the clinic reaching the 100 milestone, and explain why the clinic is important. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/covid19-lhw/2021/12/09/convalescence-study-recruits-over-100-participants/ |
| Description | Blog: Understanding the long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health and wellbeing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This blog 'Understanding the long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health and wellbeing' gives an overview of the study structure and aims of the COVID-19 Longitudinal Health and Wellbeing National Core Study and the CONVALESCENCE Long COVID study. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/covid19-lhw/2021/07/08/understanding-the-long-term-impact-of-the-covid-19-pa... |
| Description | British Science Week Social Media Campaign |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This year the Unit ran a social media campaign during British Science Week to showcase the many 'connections' that the unit has. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | CONVALESCENCE Study clinic reaches 100 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Update from the Convalescence team. Over 100 participants have been enrolled to take part in the Convalescence Deep Phenotyping Clinic! |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/covid19-lhw/2021/12/09/convalescence-study-recruits-over-100-participants/ |
| Description | COVID-19 Longitudinal Health and Wellbeing National Core Study AND Convalescence Study Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On November 17th and 18th 2022, the first face-to-face National Core Study conference took place, in London. Presentations included findings on: Long Covid, Serology, Mental Health, Society and Health, HealthCare disruption, UK LLC, OpenSAFELY, PPIE. Researchers from institutions from around the UK attended. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Cohorts Survey PPI review and co-design input |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Draft survey questions emailed to participants with invitation to comment and suggest edits. Discussion in workshop supporting engagement, Survey draft changed based on public contributor input. Including questions edited and added |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Convalescence presentation at the UK-US Long Covid Virtual Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr Dylan Williams and Dr Venexia Walker presented convalescence finding at the at the UK-US Long Coivd Virtual Meeting on Jun 28th. The aim of the meeting is to gather information from both UK and US Long Covid Studies ( NIH's RECOVER Initiative). The meeting was designed to discuss results, identify areas that would benefit further discussion, assess the need to share tools and identify research/data gaps. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Furlough had a protective effect on mental health - but it wasn't as good as working |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Blog in The Conversation Furlough had a protective effect on mental health - but it wasn't as good as working Dr Wels Jacques |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/furlough-had-a-protective-effect-on-mental-health-but-it-wasnt-as-good-a... |
| Description | Government Cabinet Meeting on Long COVID |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Project Lead (Professor Nishi Chaturvedi) reported our qualitative findings on healthcare inaccessibility in her presentation at a Government Cabinet Office meeting on Long COVID. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | HDRUK COVID-19 National Core Studies Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The virtual COVID-19 National Core Studies Symposium event presented progress on the COVID-19 National Core Studies Programme - a programme established by the UK Government, UKRI, NIHR and the Health and Safety Executive in October 2020 to accelerate the country's research response into COVID-19 by bringing together UK-wide expertise at pace and at scale. The study leaders, senior academics, policy makers and front-line research scientists who contributed to the online event addressed issues including future pandemic preparedness, vital research infrastructures, the importance of public engagement, the interface between science and society and the importance to demonstrate trustworthiness. The COVID-19 National Core Studies Symposium was attended by ~500 people from 26 countries, the symposium attracted patients, members of the public and colleagues from government, academia, industry, NHS, charities, and the media. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.hdruk.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/COVID-19-National-Core-Studies-Summary-Report-14.... |
| Description | In the Media Summary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | The work from this study has featured in hundreds of media outlets. Find a summary here. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022,2023 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/covid-19-longitudinal-health-wellbeing/media-1 |
| Description | Invited Talk: BIHS 2021 Resilience in Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chloe Park gave an Invited Talk at the Young Investigators session of the BIHS meeting, Brighton, Sep 2021, on Resilience in Research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | K Taylor Presentation at Royal Statistical Society 2022 International Conference - Sep 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Kurt Taylor presented 'The risk of incidence diabetes following SARS-CoV-2 infection in unvaccinated and vaccinated populations: A cohort study of up to eighteen million people' at Royal Statistical Society 2022 International Conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/#/event/2726/submission/189 |
| Description | Launching an important piece of UK research infrastructure: the UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Blog for CLOSER by Robin Flaig on Launching an important piece of UK research infrastructure: the UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://closer.ac.uk/news-opinion/blog/launching-an-important-piece-of-uk-research-infrastructure/?m... |
| Description | Long COVID healthcare access in Bradford, presented on 31 August 2022 in the Bradford Post Covid Equity of Access meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Findings on healthcare access issues and inequalities were presented to a group of 30 attendees, including Bradford Council members and local healthcare professionals and managers. Attendees acknowledged the gaps in supporting Long COVID patients in local areas of Bradford. The discussion also paid close attention to inequalities in light of our findings that people from socio-economically disadvantaged and ethnic minority backgrounds could face compounded barriers in accessing healthcare. We further discussed how to address these inequality gaps in future practice development. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Long COVID healthcare access issues, presented on 4th July 2022 in the ost Covid Regional Clinical Network -Clinical Policy Unit Medical Directorate NHS England and NHS Improvement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | We presented barriers to accessing healthcare findings to an audience of 70+ people working in the NHS and specialists in providing Long Covid support. The presentation was overall very well received and gave us much to think about in relation to this finding and developing publications e.g. the terms that we use - such as 'treatment for LC'. The lead for the LC clinic in Bradford was very impressed by the presentation, the demographics of our participants matched their demographics/Bradford population and the people that are particularly facing barriers in accessing healthcare. We have been invited to present/discuss this finding at a Bradford and Districts Long Covid Equality group meeting in August. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Long COVID: an unfolding story with Professor Brian Cox | The Royal Society- |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This event was part of a series of Royal Society events discussing the scientific response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hosted by Professor Brian Cox, the Royal Society's Professor for Public Engagement in Science, who was be joined by: Professor Nishi Chaturvedi, MRC Unit for Lifelong Health & Ageing, University College London |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2021/04/long-covid/?_cldee=YmluZ2VsdEBnbWFpbC5j... |
| Description | Long COVID: female sex, older age and existing health problems increase risk - new research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Blog in The Conversation : Long COVID: female sex, older age and existing health problems increase risk - new research By Dr Ellen Thompson |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/long-covid-female-sex-older-age-and-existing-health-problems-increase-ri... |
| Description | NIHR EDI Website - Reaching Underserved Communities Case Study |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Online audience - community and academics. What we did: Case study on involving underserved communities in health research - lessons and tips about involving ethnic minorities and people from deprived backgrounds in research. Based on reflections from recruitment and interviewing for the Qualitative Longe Covid Study. Outcome: Awaiting response and for case study to be featured on website - NIHR EDI leads have said they will feature on the NIHR EDI case studies website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | New Website |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | New CONVALESCENCE Website |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.convalescence.ac.uk/ |
| Description | Origin of the UK LLC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Origin Story of the UK LLC By COVID-19 LH&W National Core Study, on 14 March 2022 By Robin Flaig |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/covid19-lhw/2022/03/14/the-uk-longitudinal-linkage-collaboration-uk-llc-orig... |
| Description | Our research on the barriers people with Long Covid face in accessing health services featured in The Week |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Our research on the barriers people with Long Covid face in accessing health services featured in The Week. This was based on our article in The Conversation and academic article in the Health Expectations article. Not known how many people this reached but is an online piece so estimating a wide reach. Promotes our research and raises more awareness of Long Covid and healthcare access barriers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.theweek.in/news/health/2023/01/11/long-covid--here-s-what-it-s-like-trying-to-access-hea... |
| Description | PAG (Patient Advisory Group) Involvement workshops |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Three workshops were organised between 2021-22 to engage with the Long COVID Patient Advisory Group (PAG), and to seek advice and feedback on our wave 1 interview topic guide and initial research findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| Description | PPI Workshop addressing EHR and cohort analysis |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 2 workshops with addressing EHR analysis: 1) Clinical coding 2) Health outcomes - Post covid events . Cardiovascular, diabetes and Mental health. Presentations from researchers outlining research method, analysis and findings with whole group deliberative discussions, inviting questions from public contributors |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | PPI Workshop considering use of GP data in project research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Workshop discussing the patient perspective on questions around the different ways that a person might use primary care after Covid. Researchers presented plans and group discussed the strengths and weaknesses of using GP "fit notes" or "sick notes" as a means to measure the scale of the continuing public health and economic burden for those recovering from COVID-19. Asking questions: Do you think this is a good approach? Would it miss important information or important groups of people? How might we deal with this? Outcome- Research workplan refined |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | PPI Workshop on Symptom Clustering Work |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Public contributor input into Public Infographic via remote input and discussion at workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | PPIE Engagement via online discussion forum - the 'Discourse' platform |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Online discussion forum created, promotion of forum topics focused on gathering views on Long COVID definition Outcome- Validating the use of an adapted definition of Long COVID |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | PPIE Long Covid defintion(s) workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Reviewing existing Long Covid definitons, considering strengths and weaknesses. Developing insights into ensuring fit for purpose definition. Outcome=Endorsement of Delphi definition produced outside of the project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | PPIE Website development input (remote and via workshop) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Draft website plan and live draft-website emailed to participants with invitation to comment and suggest edits. Discussion in workshop supporting engagement. Outcome-Website plan changed based on public contributor perspective |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | PPIE plan development discussion in workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Review of research project plan and co-design of PPI activities. Outcome- Refined PPIE plan |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| Description | PPIE-Research participant communications materials refinement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Public contributor input into communications materials used within the research project: Device explainer video; Input into Clinic access video - used to orientate research subjects Outcome- Adapted communications materials for research subjects based on patient and public contributor input |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Patient Group Workshop- addressing clinic data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Workshop addressing clinic data analysis. Presentations from researchers outlining analysis questions with whole group deliberative discussions, inviting questions from public contributors. Public contributors emphasised the need for data analysis and questions to be geared towards finding effective ways to support people with long-COVID |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Presentation at the UCL Institute of Healthcare Engineering ECR Symposium. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Alexandra Jamieson presented a talk titled "A validation study of two wrist-worn wearable devices for remote assessment of exercise capacity" at the UCL Institute of Healthcare Engineering ECR Symposium. This was based on the work she has been conducting with Dr Michele Orini. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation of initial qualitative Long COVID research findings to NICE |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Initial findings from our first wave of interviews with Long COVID patients were presented to NICE and other Long COVID researchers. The presentation focused on the healthcare access issues facing Long Covid patients across the UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation on healthcare access barriers to NHS England |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Findings on healthcare access barriers were presented and discussed at a meeting with NHS England |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation: CLOSER Conference 2022: Impact |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | C,park: Impact of the COVID-19 Longitudinal Health and Wellbeing National Core Study 2021: 18-01-2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation: Cabinet Office Long Covid Teach In |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Teach In |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation: Convalescence Study Update to NHSEI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | C.park and V.Walker presented an overview of the convalescence study to the NHSEI long Covid Taskforce on March 2nd. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation: NIHR Long COVID Funding Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Overview of Convalescence by A.Carnemolla at the NIHR Long COVID Funding Event on 1-11-2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation: NIHR Long COVID: National Landscape Webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | C.Park: Overview of the Convalescence Study at the NIHR Long COVID: National Landscape Webinar CRN North Thames hosted this first national Long COVID webinar to bring together research on Long COVID and enable a platform whereby prominent multi-centre studies can be discussed with any preliminary data shared. The event, on 16 February, brought together those from all over the UK and further afield with a keen interest in the condition, be they researchers, patients, or in some cases, both. At its peak, the event had more than 500 attendees. During the two-hour session, researchers presented details and early findings from Long-COVID studies, including PHOSP-COVID, CONVALESCENCE and the CLoCK study; as well as HEAL-COVID, the UK's only national trial that aims to identify treatments beneficial to patients discharged from hospital. Upcoming research studies including STIMULATE ICP were also featured, as was a local community perspective of dealing with Long-COVID. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://local.nihr.ac.uk/news/hundreds-tune-in-to-hear-about-latest-long-covid-trials/30102 |
| Description | Presentations of qualitative Long COVID research findings at the COVID-19 Longitudinal Health and Wellbeing National Core Study and CONVALESCENCE Study Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Two presentations were conducted focusing on the following two subjects: a) the impact of Long-Covid on identity and sense of self; b) Findings from the first wave of the CONVALSCENCE qualitative study: Healthcare care access difficulties for people living with Long Covid. The findings were well received by over 100 audiences both in-person and online. The presentations resonated with findings presented by other delegates from various research projects. The discussions highlighted the complex impact of Long COVID and the existing gaps to support people with Long COVID both in healthcare and everyday lives more generation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presenting initial findings to Bradford City Council Public Health team |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | What we did: Presentation and discussion with Bradford City Council Public Health team, local long covid healthcare professionals and third sector charity to introduce the qualitative Long Covid study and initial findings on access to healthcare and physical activity. Outcome: Facilitated future discussions with public health team in the council. Potentially help shape local and regional services for LC in the future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Press coverage for Antibody Levels following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination report & interview on BBC Points West evening news |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Coverage of publication on antibody levels following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination, including interview with a corresponding author, Nic Timpson, from ALSPAC cohort. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-64392784 |
| Description | Press release |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Press release accompanying a presentation given at the EASD conference 2022 in Stockholm. The press released was distributed via EurekAlert! and was picked up by a few media outlets such as Business Insider India, Express and Pharmacy Times. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/964905 |
| Description | Press release for Antibody levels following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination publication |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Purpose to inform general public of results from latest publication. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/how-much-of-a-boost-do-booster-covid-19-jabs-give-1 |
| Description | Public communications materials development |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Public contributor input into public communications materials: Convalescence explainer video; Infographic Outcome- Adapted public facing communications materials based on patient and public contributor input |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Published in The Conversation - Long COVID: here's what it's like trying to access healthcare for the condition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Qualitative work package Published in The Conversation - Long COVID: here's what it's like trying to access healthcare for the condition. This was based on findings from the first stage of our study and our academic article in Health Expectations Journal. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/long-covid-heres-what-its-like-trying-to-access-healthcare-for-the-condi... |
| Description | Qualitative Long Covid Network for academics and researchers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | audience: academics, qualitative long covid researchers, health professionals involved in research. what we did: Sarah Baz (University of York) and Chao Fang (UCL) (both research fellows for the qualitative component of the wider project) co-convene the qualitative long covid network and have till date organised 2 workshops where different research teams in UK and international universities have been able to present their current qualitative research into Long Covid. They are now organising another workshop for Autumn 2022. Alongside other collegues (Roz Shafran, Laura Sheard, JD Carpentieri, Fiona Newlands and others) they are currently writing a short research article which will summarise the current qualitative research on Long Covid taking place in the UK. This paper will involve collaboration with all of the teams involved in the network and will map out all the high quality studies currently taking place. Outcome: Develop networks and future collaborations. Develop a new publication to be submitted to a top health focused journal. Exchange knowledge, |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| Description | R Denholm & G Cezard Presentation at Royal Statistical Society 2022 International Conference - Sep 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Rachel Denholm and Genevieve Cezard presented 'Big data during the COVID-19 pandemic' at Royal Statistical Society 2022 International Conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/#/event/2726/submission/304 |
| Description | R Denholm (on behalf of R Knight) Presentation at Royal Statistical Society 2022 International Conference - Sep 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Rachel Denholm presented 'Association of COVID-19 with arterial and venous vascular diseases: a population-wide cohort study of 48 million adults in England and Wales' on behalf of Rochelle Knight at the Royal Statistical Society 2022 International Conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/#/event/2726/submission/63 |
| Description | Report in The Conversation news site about Antibody levels following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination publication |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited to write a news story about the recent publication. News story page has been viewed several thousand times across several countries around the world. Comments and discussion was had on the news story comments section. Following publication we were contacted by journalists with questions about the publication. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/covid-booster-vaccines-how-a-third-dose-may-help-vulnerable-people-level... |
| Description | School Visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | In March 2022, C.Park played a key role in science week for 'Kings Court First School' in Old Windsor. She led an assembly of 300 4-10 year olds and spoke to them about becoming a scientist. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | School talk for British Science Week |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | For British Science Week 2023, Dr Chloe Park visited Kings Court First School in Old Windsor to talk to 5-9 year old about being a scientist. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Social Media Channel: Twitter |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A twitter account was set up to disseminate the outputs of the study to a wide audience. The channel currently has almost 500 followers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://analytics.twitter.com/user/COVID19_LHW/home |
| Description | Times article |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview and article arising in the Times newspaper about our work on long COVID. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/twins-help-solve-long-covid-mystery-nr268jpw0 |
| Description | V Walker Presentation at HDR UK SouthWest Regional Meeting Sep 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Venexia Walker presented 'Coronavirus post-acute long-term effects: constructing an evidence base' at the HDR UK SW Regional Meeting on 21/09/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Website: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/covid-19-longitudinal-health-wellbeing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This Website was created to inform all audiences on the outputs of the COVID-19 Longitudinal Health and Wellbeing National Core Study and teh CONVALESCENCE Study. The website has pages dedicated to each key audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/covid-19-longitudinal-health-wellbeing |
| Description | Westminster Health Forum Keynote Seminar: Priorities for Long Covid services, care and research, Tuesday, 31 January 2023 Presentation given on Long Covid and barriers to accessing healthcare support |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Westminster Health Forum Keynote Seminar: Priorities for Long Covid services, care and research, Tuesday, 31 January 2023 A presentation given on Long Covid and barriers to accessing healthcare support at this event. It was attended by academics, policy makers, MPs, patients, amongst other people. It was a 5 minute presentation followed by a panel Q and A. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | What lessons can we learn from furlough for managing future social shocks? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | IPPO Blog What lessons can we learn from furlough for managing future social shocks? MAY 5, 2022 Members of the research team for the COVID-19 Longitudinal Health and Wellbeing National Core Study at University College London say that furlough was useful in protecting mental health, but not without its drawbacks. Dr Charlotte Booth, Dr Bozena Wielgoszewska, and Dr Wels Jacques |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://theippo.co.uk/what-lessons-can-we-learn-from-furlough-for-managing-future-social-shocks/ |
| Description | Workshop with Public Advisory Group and researchers focused on Symptom cluster analysis (Quant) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Quantitative research presented methodology and symptom cluster analysis Output- Input into research output, validation of analysis and refined communications plan |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |