Effects of the COVID-19 Health Emergency on Biopsychosocial Health

Mental Health Issue Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of the COVID-19 Health Emergency on the Biopsychosocial Health of Rural Residents of New Mexico Using Mixed Methods Research

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04409535
• Other study ID #: 20-266
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Start date: May 7, 2020
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: May 2020
• Source: University of New Mexico
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial 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.

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?

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 500
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: February 25, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 85 Years

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Activities
• Emergencies
• Life Style
• Mental Health Issue

Intervention

Other:
• WHOQOL-BREF survey
Participants will be surveyed and interviewed about their perceptions regarding COVID-19 health emergency

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of New Mexico Department of Pediatrics	Albuquerque	New Mexico

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of New Mexico

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	World Health Organization Quality of Life-Brief Scale	participant responses about quality of life during COVID-19 emergency	From enrollment until post-event (Feb. 2021)
Secondary	Open-ended Interview	Participants responses to open-ended interview questions regarding alteration in daily life routines	From enrollment until post-event (Feb. 2021)