Cohort information

ROMANIA WP5
Organization INSP
Name of cohort INSP HCW
Referring partner INSP
Cohort Information Country(-ies), cities, regions or centers involved Bucharest (and Southern regions), Iasi (and North-Eastern regions), Cluj, Timisoara (and Western regions)
Time of data collection 05/2021 06/2021
Enrolment Inactive
Study setting Multi-centers
Population Age nan
Type Prospective
Total number of patients 2698
Data collection Clinical data True
Serological data True
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 Prospective cohort with online collection of data from HCWs working in various units: national/regional public health authorities, medical research institutes, hospitals, public/private medical practices, others. Baseline- collection of self-reported personal and clinical data (comorbidities, COVID19), job description, occupational risk and PPE, vaccination, risk perception, psychological effects of COVID19 pandemic. Follow-up on long term effects of COVID19, breakthrough infections, risk perception. Data on immune response (anti S quantitative testing) at 6M, 9M and 12M after full vaccination in a subsample of participants.
Publications - ORCHESTRA project in Romania - a prospective occupational cohort to study the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on health care workers [Romanian Journal of Occupational Medicine]
- Exhaustion in Healthcare Workers after the First Three Waves of the COVID-19 Pandemic [International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health]
- Determinants of Anti-S Immune Response at 6 Months after COVID-19 Vaccination in a Multicentric European Cohort of Healthcare Workers – ORCHESTRA project [Frontiers in Immunology]
- Temporal trends of COVID-19 antibodies in vaccinated healthcare workers undergoing repeated serological sampling: An individual-level analysis within 13 months in the ORCHESTRA cohort [Frontiers in Immunology]