Clinical trial NCT04409535: Effects of the COVID-19 Health Emergency on Biopsychosocial Health
Official title: Effects of the COVID-19 Health Emergency on the Biopsychosocial Health of Rural Residents of New Mexico Using Mixed Methods Research
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Activities
Mental Health Issue
Life Style
Keywords: Quality of Life
Rural Community
COVID-19
Lead sponsor: University of New Mexico
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-06-01
Enrollment: 150
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 85
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY
Time perspective: OTHER
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Urban or rural living residents of New Mexico currently living under the "stay at home" emergency secondary to COVID-19

Brief 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.

Detailed 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?

Eligibility criteria: 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

Primary outcomes:
measure: World Health Organization Quality of Life-Brief Scale
timeFrame: From enrollment until post-event (Feb. 2021)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Open-ended Interview
timeFrame: From enrollment until post-event (Feb. 2021)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Albuquerque
country: United States
facility: University of New Mexico Department of Pediatrics
state: New Mexico
Study officials:
affiliation: University of New Mexico
name: Carla Wilhite, DOT
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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