Activities, Life Style, Mental Health Issue
Conditions
Keywords
Quality of Life, Rural Community, COVID-19
Brief summary
There is a critical need to determine the impact of the COVID-19 emergency on the comprehensive well-being of people as they are living through the emergency and sequelae of the emergency period. The research team is requesting National Institutes of Health funding with the goal to investigate rural vs. urban living people's response to the crisis and its impact using mixed methods research.
Detailed description
The state of New Mexico and the entire nation have entered an unprecedented health emergency created by the COVID-19 virus; affecting the lives of all people, many of whom were significantly unprepared for the disruptions the emergency created in daily life. Rural residents are at increased risk from effects of the emergency due to numerous disadvantages as compared to urban living people (i.e. critical care access, food insecurity, social isolation). Very little is known about how people are living through a national emergency event affecting all people of the nation. Therefore, a significant gap in knowledge exists: 1. How are rural-living vs. urban-living people responding physically and mentally to the crisis? 2. What strategies of resilience are employed by people living in rural vs. urban counties? 3. What are perceptions of access to critical supplies and services in urban vs. rural counties; 4. How is the availability and use of technology used for news, reliable information, and communication? and 5. Use of time: what alterations in daily life self-care, care of others, commerce, and valued routines in urban vs. rural counties are occurring?
Interventions
OTHERWHOQOL-BREF survey
Participants will be surveyed and interviewed about their perceptions regarding COVID-19 health emergency
Sponsors
University of New Mexico
Study design
Observational model
ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY
Time perspective
OTHER
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 85 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Urban and rural living residents of New Mexico, any gender, gender identity, any ethnic origin, any health status (healthy, chronic, disabled), and adult age from 18-85
Exclusion criteria
* Non-New Mexico residents, adults unable to give consent due to cognition or incarceration status
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| World Health Organization Quality of Life-Brief Scale | From enrollment until post-event (Feb. 2021) | participant responses about quality of life during COVID-19 emergency |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Open-ended Interview | From enrollment until post-event (Feb. 2021) | Participants responses to open-ended interview questions regarding alteration in daily life routines |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed