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Cohort Profile: Real-Time Insights of COVID-19 in India (RTI COVID-India)

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Public Health, February 2023
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Title
Cohort Profile: Real-Time Insights of COVID-19 in India (RTI COVID-India)
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BMC Public Health, February 2023
DOI 10.1186/s12889-023-15084-1
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Joyita Banerjee, Sarah Petrosyan, Abhijith R. Rao, Steffi Jacob, Pranali Yogiraj Khobragade, Bas Weerman, Sandy Chien, Marco Angrisani, Arunika Agarwal, Nirupam Madan, Tanya Sethi, Sharmistha Dey, Simone Schaner, David E. Bloom, Jinkook Lee, A. B. Dey

Abstract

The coronavirus disease (COVID) pandemic caused disruption globally and was particularly distressing in low- and middle-income countries such as India. This study aimed to provide population representative estimates of COVID-related outcomes in India over time and characterize how COVID-related changes and impacts differ by key socioeconomic groups across the life course. The sample was leveraged from an existing nationally representative study on cognition and dementia in India: Harmonized Diagnostic Assessment of Dementia for the Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI-DAD). The wave-1 of LASI-DAD enrolled 4096 older adults aged 60 years and older in 3316 households from 18 states and union territories of India. Out of the 3316 LASI-DAD households, 2704 with valid phone numbers were contacted and invited to participate in the Real-Time Insights COVID-19 in India (RTI COVID-India) study. RTI COVID-India was a bi-monthly phone survey that provided insight into the individual's knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour towards COVID-19 and changes in the household's economic and health conditions throughout the pandemic. The survey was started in May 2020 and 9 rounds of data have been collected. Out of the 2704 LASI-DAD households with valid phone numbers, 1766 households participated in the RTI COVID-India survey at least once. Participants were in the age range of 18-102 years, 49% were female, 66% resided in rural area. Across all rounds, there was a higher report of infection among respondents aged 60-69 years. There was a greater prevalence of COVID-19 diagnosis reported in urban (23.0%) compared to rural areas (9.8%). Respondents with higher education had a greater prevalence of COVID-19 diagnosis compared to those with lower or no formal education. Highest prevalence of COVID-19 diagnosis was reported from high economic status compared to middle and low economic status households. Comparing education gradients in experiencing COVID-19 symptoms and being diagnosed, we observe an opposite pattern: respondents with no formal schooling reported the highest level of experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, whereas the greatest proportion of the respondents with secondary school or higher education reported being diagnosed with COVID-19. The study group will analyse the data collected showing the real-time changes throughout the pandemic and will make the data widely available for researchers to conduct further studies.

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Unknown 24 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 3 13%
Student > Postgraduate 2 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 4%
Researcher 1 4%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 4%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 16 67%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 3 13%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 8%
Social Sciences 2 8%
Neuroscience 1 4%
Unknown 16 67%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 February 2023.
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#15,177,363
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#11,155
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#171,168
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#174
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