Health Care Use During the Covid19 Crisis (US3R)

June 20, 2022 updated by: Université Catholique de Louvain

Utilisation de Soins Pendant la Crise Covid-19 : Recours, Report et Renoncement (US3R)

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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

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 Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

3164

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Belgium
      • Bruxelles, Belgium, 1200
        • UCLouvain

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • living in Belgium
  • more than 18

Exclusion Criteria:

  • living outside Belgium
  • less than 18

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
  • Allocation: NA
  • Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
OTHER: General population
There is only one arm wishing to participate
Other: Online questionnaire
this is an online questionnaire collecting retrospective data on health care use and non-use

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

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

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Université Catholique de Louvain

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (ACTUAL)

May 1, 2020

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

June 30, 2020

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

October 31, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 22, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 30, 2020

First Posted (ACTUAL)

May 1, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

June 24, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 20, 2022

Last Verified

June 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • US3R

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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