Stevenson Anna J, Huggins Charlotte F, Forbes Alison, Hume Jim, Fulton Grant, Thirlwall Claire, Miles Janet, Fawns-Ritchie Chloe, Campbell Archie, Nangle Clifford, Dawson Rebecca, Edwards Rachel, Flaig Robin, Hartley Louise, Levein Christie, McCartney Daniel L, Deary Ian J, Hayward Caroline, Marioni Riccardo E, McIntosh Andrew M, Sudlow Cathie, Porteous David J
Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK.
Support in Mind Scotland, Edinburgh, EH16 5GA, UK.
Wellcome Open Res. 2022 May 23;6:317. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17325.2. eCollection 2021.
RuralCovidLife is part of Generation Scotland's CovidLife project, investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigation measures on people in Scotland. The RuralCovidLife project focuses on Scotland's rural communities, and how they have been impacted by the pandemic. During survey development, Generation Scotland consulted with people living or working in rural communities, and collaborated with a patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) group composed of rural community leaders. Through this consultation work, the RuralCovidLife survey was developed to assess the issues most pertinent to people in rural communities, such as mental health, employment, transport, connectivity, and local communities. Between 14th October and 30th November 2020, 3,365 participants from rural areas in Scotland took part in the survey. Participant ages ranged from 16 to 96 (mean = 58.4, standard deviation [SD] = 13.3), and the majority of the participants were female (70.5%). Over half (51.3%) had taken part in the original CovidLife survey. RuralCovidLife includes a subsample (n = 523) of participants from the Generation Scotland cohort. Pre-pandemic data on health and lifestyle, as well as biological samples, are available for these participants. These participants' data can also be linked to past and future healthcare records, allowing analysis of retrospective and prospective health outcomes. Like Generation Scotland, RuralCovidLife is designed as a resource for researchers. RuralCovidLife data, as well as the linked Generation Scotland data, is available for use by external researchers following approval from the Generation Scotland Access Committee. RuralCovidLife can be used to investigate mental health, well-being, and behaviour in participants living in rural areas during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as comparisons with non-rural samples. Moreover, the sub-sample with full Generation Scotland data and linkage can be used to investigate the long-term health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in rural communities.
“乡村新冠生活”项目是苏格兰世代研究项目“新冠生活”的一部分，旨在调查新冠疫情及其缓解措施对苏格兰民众的影响。“乡村新冠生活”项目聚焦于苏格兰的乡村社区，以及这些社区如何受到疫情的影响。在调查开发过程中，苏格兰世代研究项目咨询了居住或工作在乡村社区的人们，并与一个由乡村社区领袖组成的患者及公众参与和介入（PPIE）小组进行了合作。通过这项咨询工作，开发了“乡村新冠生活”调查，以评估与乡村社区居民最相关的问题，如心理健康、就业、交通、网络连接和当地社区等。2020年10月14日至11月30日期间，来自苏格兰农村地区的3365名参与者参加了该调查。参与者年龄在16岁至96岁之间（平均年龄 = 58.4岁，标准差[SD] = 13.3），且大多数参与者为女性（70.5%）。超过一半（51.3%）的参与者曾参加过最初的“新冠生活”调查。“乡村新冠生活”项目包含了来自苏格兰世代研究队列的一部分参与者样本（n = 523）。这些参与者有疫情前的健康和生活方式数据以及生物样本。这些参与者的数据还可以与过去和未来的医疗记录相链接，从而能够分析回顾性和前瞻性的健康结果。与苏格兰世代研究项目一样，“乡村新冠生活”项目被设计为供研究人员使用的资源。经苏格兰世代研究准入委员会批准后，外部研究人员可以使用“乡村新冠生活”项目的数据以及与之相关联的苏格兰世代研究项目的数据。“乡村新冠生活”项目可用于调查新冠疫情期间农村地区参与者的心理健康、幸福感和行为，以及与非农村样本进行比较。此外，拥有完整苏格兰世代研究项目数据及数据链接的子样本可用于调查新冠疫情对农村社区的长期健康影响。
