Impact of long COVID on diverse Australian populations: a multi-site, longitudinal prospective cohort study protocol
Shiqi Luo, Zhen Zheng, Leila Karimi, Magdalena Plebanski, Kate Louise McCann Anderson, Natalie Jovanovski, Chintha Lankatillake, Wendell Cockshaw, Dennis Wollersheim, Jacob Sheahan, Emma-Louise Seal, Kerryn Butler-Henderson, Donald Campbell, April Clarke, Sonja Cleary, Jessica Danaher, Doa El-Ansary · 2026
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Shiqi Luo and co-authors present a 2026 protocol for a national Australian study of long COVID. The condition can linger or swing back for months or years, touching body, mind, work, and wallet. Australia lacked a prospective study built with the diverse communities it must serve, so this team designed one with user-tested tools.
The multi-site cohort runs in three phases, starting with choosing and testing the survey instruments with patients themselves. Follow-up then tracks symptom profiles, daily function, and psychological, social, and financial fallout over time. The design also hunts which factors predict a smooth recovery versus a stalled one. A validated measurement toolkit is a planned deliverable for clinics and future trials. Diversity is treated as a design requirement, not an afterthought.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Shiqi Luo, Zhen Zheng, Leila Karimi, Magdalena Plebanski, Kate Louise McCann Anderson, Natalie Jovanovski, Chintha Lankatillake, Wendell Cockshaw, Dennis Wollersheim, Jacob Sheahan, Emma-Louise Seal, Kerryn Butler-Henderson, Donald Campbell, April Clarke, Sonja Cleary, Jessica Danaher, Doa El-Ansary |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 65 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |