How has COVID-19 affected the daily lives and quality of life of the Australian general population, and who has been affected most?

How the COVID-19 pandemic and related public health orders affected the daily lives and self-reported quality of life of the Australian general population, and and investigate whether some subgroups or types of people have been impacted more than others.

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12621001240831

Acronym

COVID-QOL AUS

Enrollment

2008

Registered

2021-09-14

Start date

2020-10-21

Completion date

2020-11-10

Last updated

2021-09-20

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic in March 2020. Australia promptly adopted a range of strategies that successfully controlled the spread of COVID-19, but they involved severe limitations of social interactions of all kinds, including whether people could work and buy food. Our study aims to determine how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the daily activities and quality of life of Australians, and who was affected most. Our goal is to understand more broadly the impact of pandemics on all Australians. This may help communities, governments and other organisations in planning for future pandemics. Sampling, recruitment, survey administration and data collection will be conducted by Survey Engine (surveyengine.com) via an online panel of respondents.

Interventions

Using an online survey to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and related health orders on the daily activities and health-related quality of life of Australians during the 2020 lockdown period. The survey, which takes 25 minutes, is completed on one occasion and collects demographic variables (age, sex, work status, living arrangements, etc.) and responses from the EORTC QLQ-C30, a validated 30-item questionnaire using a Likert scales to assess health-related quality of life; the general health question (GHQ), 1 item using a Likert scale taken from the validated questionnaire, SF-36; The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale, 10-items measuring distress in the past 30 days using a Likert Scale; and two research-specific questionnaires developed by the investigators: COVID Impacts Scale (19 items with responses captured on a Likert scale and three multiple choice questions describing areas of positive or negative impact); and COVID Worry Scale (21 items with responses captured on a Likert scale).

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Australian adult general population with access to internet and able to understand English.

Exclusion criteria

No exclusions.

Outcome results