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. 2022 Jul 29;37(8):849–870. doi: 10.1007/s10654-022-00896-z

Table 1.

Overview of data collected within NAPKON by cohort platform

Category Features Collected in
SUEP HAP POP
Socio-demographic data Age, sex, residence, marital status x x x
Educational level and employment status (e.g. general education degree, vocational degree) x x x
Clinical data: pre-infection anamnestic data Pre-infection lifestyle (e.g. sports activity, dietary pattern) x x
Pre-infection smoking and alcohol consumption x x x
Pre-infection health status and functionality (e.g. Barthel Index, care level, Clinical Frailty Scale) x x x
Pre-infection medication x x
Vaccination status x x x
Comorbidities x x x
Directives for medical decisions (e.g. power of attorney, patient decree) x x
Clinical data: parameters in the observational period Infrastructural treatment context (e.g. health care facility, involved disciplines) x x x
Smoking and alcohol consumption x x
Health status and functionality (e.g. Barthel index, care level, Clinical Frailty Scale) x x x
Symptoms, events x x x
Clinically indicated diagnostics (vital signs, pulmonary diagnostics, laboratory parameters, microbiology & virology, radiological findings, functional diagnostics) x x x
Intensive care scores (e. g. SOFA, SAPS) x x
Therapeutic measures (medication, interventions, surgery, complementary medicine) x x x
Pediatric-specific variable extensions (e.g. perinatal medical history, congenital defects, effects on development) x
Imaging data Clinically indicated diagnostic imaging data x x
Study-related MRI scans x x
Study related CT-Thorax scans x
Study-related echocardiographies x x x
Patient-reported outcome measures (PROM) Cognitive function (e.g. PROMIS Kognition) x x x
Dypsnea (e.g. Modified Medical Research Council Dyspnea Scale, PROMIS Dyspnoe) x x x
Fatigue (e.g. Chalder Fatigue Scale, FACIT-F) x x x
Functional physical status (e.g. Activities of Daily Living) x x x
Mental health (e.g. GAD-7, Brief Resilience Scale) x x x
Pain (e.g. DN2, HIT-6) x x x
Quality of life (e.g. EQ-5D-5L) x x x
Metadata Study-related metadata (e.g. data quality assessment, protocol deviation) x x x
Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) header information x x x
Biosample accompanying metadata (e.g. regarding transport, processing and storage) x x x