Cohort as Part of Undergraduate Medical Studies at the University of Sherbrooke

ConditionPublic Health
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
AgeNot listed
SponsorUniversité de Sherbrooke

About this trial

The main goals of this project are to support the research training of undergraduate medical students at the University de Sherbrooke and promote planning of health services a better knowledge of the prevalence, social, and geographic distribution of public health issues in several regions in Quebec.

To meet the objectives of the project, a population-based prospective study linked to several regions in Quebec public health surveys is proposed.

Monitoring and data collection will be provided by 3rd year undergraduate medical students at University de Sherbrooke through telephone interviews.

The research themes will be proposed by various researchers affiliated with the University de Sherbrooke. They will be selected yearly by an internal scientific committee and included in the questionnaires administered by the students.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Participants will have been diagnosed with covid-19 between November 2020 and May 2021;

Place of residence: province of Quebec.

Disqualifiers

None

Trial population

The target population is everyone who has been diagnosed with covid-19 in several regions in Quebec

Trial design

Design model

Cohort

Time perspective

Prospective

Treatments tested in this trial

  • No intervention

    Other intervention

    No intervention

Treatment groups

6,000 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Estrie CIUSSS1 intervention
Group B: Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean CIUSSS1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Health questionnaire

General health questionnaire including questions about lifestyle, access to health services, comorbidities, mental health, alcohol and drugs consumption. Additional questions regarding more specific themes (Lyme disease, medical aid in dying, COVID-19, etc.) will be added or adapted yearly. Most of the questions are individually based on previously accepted or previously used questionnaires and thus, the health questionnaire used in this project does not include a specific scale of measurement for each subjects.

Time frame
Once a year through study completion.

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

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