Relationship Between In-person Instruction and COVID-19 Incidence Among University Students: A Prospective Cohort Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 26,754
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- COVID-19 incidence
研究概览
简要总结
Whether university teaching on campus with infection control measures in place is associated with higher risk of COVID-19 than online instruction, is unknown. The investigators will assess this by conducting repeated surveys among students at universities and university colleges in Norway, where some instruction is given in-person, and some is provided online (hybrid model). The investigators will ask about the students' COVID-19 status, and how much in-person and online instruction the students are getting. The investigators will estimate the association between in-person instruction and COVID-19-risk using multivariate regression, controlling for likely confounders. The investigators will also assess whether type of instruction is associated with how satisfied the students are with the instruction the students are offered, their quality of life, and learning outcomes.
详细描述
The investigators are inviting all universities and university colleges in Norway to take part. All students at institutions that agree to participate will receive an SMS (alternatively an e-mail) inviting them to take part in the study. The invitation includes a link that directs participants to a web-based informed consent-form and questionnaire. The investigators will use the University of Oslo's solutions for online consent form, web-based survey (Nettskjema), and secure storage of research data (TSD).
The investigators will ask the participants if the participants have been tested for COVID-19, the results of such a test, how much in-person instruction the students have been offered, and how much online instruction the students have been offered. The investigators will also inquire about other risk factors for COVID-19 and background variables that may be included as potential adjustment factors (confounders) in the analyses (see Attachment 1 - Questionnaire).
The investigators will survey the students every two weeks by new invitations by SMS or e-mail. The study period will last as long as the universities maintain their arrangement with in-person instruction for only select groups of students. The investigators plan for a study period that lasts for the remainder of 2020. The investigators will ask for the participants consent to link the survey results to information on study programme, basis for admission, study status, academic results, sex and age from the Common Student System.
The investigators will run multivariate regressions to test whether there is an association between in-person instruction and the outcomes.
In-person instruction is a continuous variable, defined as
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Student in first, second, or third year at university or university college
- •Agrees to participate (signed consent form)
排除标准
- 未提供
结局指标
主要结局
COVID-19 incidence
时间窗: Through study completion, i.e. 4 months.
Self-reported positive test results
次要结局
- Quality of life(Through study completion, i.e. 4 months.)
- Satisfaction with teaching(Through study completion, i.e. 4 months.)
- COVID-19 testing incidence(Through study completion, i.e. 4 months.)
- Learning outcome(End of term, December 2020.)
研究者
Atle Fretheim
Adjunct Professor
Oslo Metropolitan University