Health Care Use During the Covid19 Crisis

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Health Care Utilization
• Interventions: Other: Online questionnaire

• Registration Number: NCT04372030
• Lead Sponsor: Université Catholique de Louvain

Brief Summary

The project US3R is a general population survey that will measure the magnitude of utilised, postponed and foregone medical care in relation with other health care needs than coronavirus symptoms during the confinement period in Belgium. The study aims to describe the magnitude of unsatisfied health care needs for various types of care. It will also identify the reasons for these postponed and foregone care according to gender, health and socioeconomic status.

Detailed Description

Context:

Belgium has put in place confinement measures on March 13th 2020 with the aim to reduce contagion related to Covid19 in the population and manage the number of patients to be treated in the hospital.

However, some weeks after those confinement measures, health care professionals are worry about other patients than Covid19 since they have observed a significantly lower use of emergency services, cancellations of screening appointments, interrupted health care in patients with chronic conditions, disabilities, or mental health disorders.

Objectives: to collect data on used, postponed and foregone medical care related to other health care needs than Covid19 during the confinement period in Belgium; to measure the magnitude of unsatisfied health care needs for various types of care; to identify the reasons explained postponed and foregone care

Methods : the survey is made of about 50 questions collecting self-reported data on health care use and non-use for various types of care along with demographics, socioeconomics and health status characteristics during the confinement period . Data will be analysed with Stata 15 using statistical tests and regression models.

Participants are collected via social media platforms and institutionnal mailing, and Belgian newspapers.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-04-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-04-30
• Study Start: 2020-05-01
• Study First Posted: 2020-05-01
• Primary Completion: 2020-06-30
• Study Completion: 2021-10-31
• Status Verified: 2022-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-06-20
• Last Update Posted: 2022-06-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 3164

Inclusion Criteria

• living in Belgium
• more than 18

Exclusion Criteria

• living outside Belgium
• less than 18

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
General population	Online questionnaire	There is only one arm wishing to participate

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Foregone health care use	throughout the whole study, assessed up to 18 months	Self-reported foregone health care use (yes/no)
Postponed heath care use	throughout the whole study, assessed up to 18 months	Self-reported postponed health care use (yes/no)
Health care use	throughout the whole study, assessed up to 18 months	Number of person reporting that they used health care during confinement (yes/no)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

UCLouvain; 🇧🇪 Bruxelles, Belgium