covidsymptom {covidsymptom}

covidsymptom: COVID Symptom Study-Sweden data

Description

Easily imports COVID Symptom Study-Sweden open data

Details

The COVID Symptom Study is a non-commercial project that uses a free smartphone app to facilitate real-time data collection of symptoms, exposures, and risk factors related to COVID-19. The app was developed by researchers at King’s College and Guys and St Thomas’ Hospitals in London in partnership with health science company Zoe Global Ltd. Baseline data and recurring daily questions are described in Drew et al (Science, 2020). The app was launched in the UK and US March 2020. In Sweden, the study is based at Lund University and, as per a collaboration agreement on 28 July 2020, Uppsala University. The app was launched in Sweden on April 29, 2020 as part of a national research initiative on COVID-19. To date, >4.5 million participants in the three countries are using the app, ~202,000 of whom live in Sweden. Participants have so far made ~271 million data entries, with Swedish participants contributing ~11 million of these.

Author(s)

Maintainer: Hugo Fitipaldi [e-mail]

See Also

Useful links:

• https://github.com/hugofitipaldi/covidsymptom

• Report bugs at https://github.com/hugofitipaldi/covidsymptom/issues