The island of Reunion, a French overseas department of 860,000 inhabitants, located inthe Indian Ocean (OI) zone, recorded its first case of COVID-19 on March 11, 2020. Theepidemic, which was described as not very severe during the year 2020 in Reunion was muchmore intense and more deadly in 2021, with the arrival of the new variants (South Africanand Indian) and exploded at the beginning of the year 2022 (variant Omicron).Reunion has a specific island context both climato-geographically and demographically.Indeed, this French island located in the southern hemisphere in the middle of the IndianOcean (OI) has a tropical climate and a multi-ethnic population, younger than in mainlandFrance (16% are over 60 years old). It is also marked by a higher prevalence in thegeneral population of certain risk factors, such as obesity (11%) and type 2 diabetes(>10%), recognized as factors favoring severe clinical forms of COVID-19. as well as"persistent COVID-19".This study will allow the constitution of a large-scale French cohort located in a closedoverseas territory to provide answers to local specificities and to the management of theepidemic in the territory.
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Other: telephone interview 24 months after hospitalization for Covid-19
telephone interview 24 months after hospitalization for Covid-19
Inclusion Criteria:
- over 18 years old
- having been hospitalized at the University Hospital Center (CHU) of Reunion (minimum
of one night in the hospital)
- with a positive diagnosis of COVID-19 (positive RT(reverse
transcription)-PCR(Polymerase Chain Reaction) SARS-CoV-2 on a nasopharyngeal swab or
positive serology or confirmed diagnosis in the medical file)
- registered in the COVIDEPI database
- whose telephone numbers are available in the computerized patient file
- residing on the island of Reunion
- knowing how to understand and speak French
Exclusion Criteria:
- deceased
- opposing the use of their data
- deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision, minors, and persons
subject to a legal protection measure: guardianship or curators
CHU de la Réunion
Saint-Pierre, Réunion
Investigator: Lucie AUZANNEAU
Investigator: Léa BRUNEAU, ¨PH
Lucie AUZANNEAU
0262359949 - +262
lucie.auzanneau@chu-reunion.fr
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