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. 2023 Mar 15;7:e37550. doi: 10.2196/37550

Table 1.

COVIDsmart data collection, survey schedule, and source.

Theme and schedule Content Source
About You (one time)

Demographics Age, gender, race, ethnicity, marital status, highest level of education, political affiliation, income, health insurance, and veteran [22,23]

Housing characteristics Residence details—property type, number of total people in residence, number of elderly individuals, and number of children Expert panel

Health literacy Confidence filling out forms and help with reading materials Expert panel

Health conditions Diagnosed conditions, family history, vaccination history, and BMI Expert panel

Lifestyle Tobacco use, alcohol use, and recent travel Expert panel
COVID Pulse (every 2 weeks)

Exposure status Current status, symptoms, testing, willing to get tested, and reason for testing CDCa Human Infection with 2019 Novel Coronavirus Case Report Form [24]

Exposure risk Exposure to others, close contact status, and close contact symptoms Expert panel

Lifestyle impact Physical activity, social media, social behavior, alcohol consumption, tobacco usage, cannabis use, mask usage, and public shopping [25]

Community impact Impact and impact duration expectations Expert panel

Vaccine Status and reasons not to vaccinate [26,27]
Mood (every 4 weeks)

Social network Social network index and loneliness index [21,28,29]

Depression PHQ-9b [21]

Anxiety GAD-7c [20]

Financial Current income status or change, financial performance, and judgement Expert panel
Occupational Exposure (every 4 weeks)

Employment Status, employment category, essential worker status, and medical occupation (if applicable) [30]

Employment risks Workplace conditions, safety materials, use of safety materials; contact exposure, type, and duration; and close contacts’ occupation risk Expert panel

aCDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

bPHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire-9.

cGAD-7: Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7.