Cohort study protocol of the Brazilian collaborative research network on COVID-19: strengthening WHO global data

IntroductionWith the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals in low-income countries were faced with a triple challenge. First, a large number of patients required hospitalisation because of the infection’s more severe symptoms. Second, there was a lack of systematic and broad testing policies for early identi...

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Published in:	BMJ open Vol. 12; no. 11; p. e062169
Main Authors:	Anschau, Fernando, Aredes, Natália Del' Angelo, Reveiz, Ludovic, Padilla, Monica, Gomes, Rosane de Mendonça, Carvalho, Wellington Mendes, Leles, Fernando Antonio Gomes, Reese, Fernanda Baeumle, Hubert, André Hostílio, Kemper, Elisandréa Sguario, de Souza, Renilson Rehem, Salviano, Cristiane Feitosa, e Silva, Hevelin Silveira, Coelho, Eduardo Barbosa, Gatto, Giuseppe Cesare, de Morais, Rafael Freitas, Alegre, Leonardo Nunes, Padilha dos Reis, Rodrigo Citton, dos Santos Neto, Joaquim Francisco, Garbini, Andresa Fontoura, Purper, César Perdomo, dos Santos, Veridiana Baldon, Charão de Almeida, Rafaela dos Santos, Donida, Bruna, Bitencourt, Rogério Farias, Kopittke, Luciane, dos Santos, Fernanda Costa, Lutkmeier, Raquel, Carazai, Daniela dos Reis, Reis, Virgínia Angélica Silveira, Deulefeu, Flávio Clemente, Severino, Fernanda Gadelha, da Costa Neto, José Gustavo, Carvalho, Nirvania do Vale, de Andrade, André Jamson Rocha, Teixeira, Adriana Melo, Braga Neto, Olavo, Muller, Gabriel Cardozo, Kuchenbecker, Ricardo de Souza
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 02-11-2022 BMJ Publishing Group LTD BMJ Publishing Group
Series:	Protocol
Subjects:	Brazil - epidemiology Cohort analysis Cohort Studies Collaboration Coronaviruses COVID-19 COVID-19 - epidemiology Epidemiology Humans Mortality Pandemics PUBLIC HEALTH SARS-CoV-2 World Health Organization Brazil COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH EPIDEMIOLOGY
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Summary:	IntroductionWith the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals in low-income countries were faced with a triple challenge. First, a large number of patients required hospitalisation because of the infection’s more severe symptoms. Second, there was a lack of systematic and broad testing policies for early identification of cases. Third, there were weaknesses in the integration of information systems, which led to the need to search for available information from the hospital information systems. Accordingly, it is also important to state that relevant aspects of COVID-19’s natural history had not yet been fully clarified. The aim of this research protocol is to present the strategies of a Brazilian network of hospitals to perform systematised data collection on COVID-19 through the WHO platform.Methods and analysisThis is a multicentre project among Brazilian hospitals to provide data on COVID-19 through the WHO global platform, which integrates patient care information from different countries. From October 2020 to March 2021, a committee worked on defining a flowchart for this platform, specifying the variables of interest, data extraction standardisation and analysis.Ethics and disseminationThis protocol was approved by the Research Ethics Committee (CEP) of the Research Coordinating Center of Brazil (CEP of the Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceicao), on 29 January 2021, under approval No. 4.515.519 and by the National Research Ethics Commission (CONEP), on 5 February 2021, under approval No. 4.526.456. The project results will be explained in WHO reports and published in international peer-reviewed journals, and summaries will be provided to the funders of the study.
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ISSN:	2044-6055 2044-6055
DOI:	10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062169