Cohort information

ITALY WP2
Organization RER-ASSR - Regione Emilia Romagna
Name of cohort eCOVID-CohER
Referring partner RER-ASSR
Cohort Information Country(-ies), cities, regions or centers involved Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy
Time of data collection 02/2020 12/2022
Enrolment Inactive
Study setting Multi-centers
Population Age Adults,Elderly
Type Retrospective
Total number of patients 1877841
Site of enrolment (WP2) Outpatient,Inpatient,ICU
Data collection Clinical data True
Serological data False
Genetic data False
Sample collection False
Sample collected Whole blood NA
PBMC NA
Dry-spot blood NA
Plasma NA
Serum NA
Stool NA
NP swabs NA
Other NA
Description Cohort eCOVID-CohER is based on electronic administrative data and includes all the SARS-CoV-2 cases diagnosed in Emilia Romagna Region starting from February 2020. The initial purpose was for surveillance of acute cases. The follow-up was modified in order to answer ORCHESTRA objectives based on the healthcare databases. From February 2020 to November 2022, 1877841 individuals were diagnosed for SARS-CoV-2 in Emilia-Romagna. Follow-up data referred to the period from February 2020 to December 2022 is being collected using administrative healthcare databases. Data can be shared within ORCHESTRA in aggregate form, based on safety standards of the Emilia-Romagna Region and on the Data Protection Impact Assessment which was carried out.
Publications - Labor market participation and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic among young adults (18 to 30 years): A nationally representative study in France [Frontiers in Public Health]
- Development, validation, and accuracy of ORCHESTRA emotional exhaustion screening questionnaire among healthcare workers during COVID-19 Pandemic [British Journal of Health Psychology]
- Socio-demographic and clinical predictors of post-acute, mid-and long-term psychological sequelae of COVID-19: a two-year cross-sectional investigation on 1317 patients at the University Hospital of Verona [Archives of Public Health]