This section contains the latest COVID-19 longitudinal research and evidence, including briefing notes, reports, academic publications and articles.
Use the table below to search, sort and filter by study, topic, and geographical coverage.
| COVID-19 Publication | Date of publication | Longitudinal study | Geographical coverage | Type of publication | Topic/theme | Access publication |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnicity and COVID-19 infection: are the pieces of the puzzle falling into place? | July 2020 | UK Biobank | National | Commentary | Ethnicity; Inequalities; Deprivation | Link to the commentary |
| Problem drinking before and during the COVID-19 crisis in US and UK adults: Evidence from two population-based longitudinal studies | June 2020 | Understanding Society | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Alcohol consumption; Mental health; Health behaviours | Link to the paper |
| Mental health and health behaviours before and during the COVID-19 lockdown: Longitudinal analyses of the UK Household Longitudinal Study. | June 2020 | Understanding Society | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Mental health; Health behaviours; Psychological distress | Link to the paper |
| BMI and future risk for COVID-19 infection and death across sex, age and ethnicity: preliminary findings from UK biobank. | June 2020 | UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | BMI; Physical health; Ethnicity | Link to the paper |
| The mental health effects of the first two months of lockdown and social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK | June 2020 | Understanding Society | National | Working paper | Mental health; Inequalities; Age groups | Link to the paper |
| COVID-19 Survey Briefing Note: Health and caring | June 2020 | Understanding Society | National | Briefing note | Mental health; Health behaviours; Caring | Link to the briefing note |
| COVID-19 Survey Briefing Note: Home schooling | June 2020 | Understanding Society | National | Briefing note | Education; Household resources; Parenting | Link to the briefing note |
| ALSPAC COVID-19 Questionnaire data (April-May 2020) | June 2020 | Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children | Regional | Data note (awaiting peer review) | Cross-generation; Health; Well-being; Behaviour | Link to the Data note |
| Longitudinal changes in mental health and the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from the UK Household Longitudinal Study. | June 2020 | Understanding Society | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Mental health; Well-being; Demographic groups | Link to the paper |
| Mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in two longitudinal UK population cohorts. | June 2020 | Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children / Generation Scotland | Regional/Devolved Nations | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Mental health; Anxiety; Well-being | Link to the paper |
| Prevalence and Predictors of General Psychiatric Disorders and Loneliness during COVID-19 in the United Kingdom: Results from the Understanding Society UKHLS | June 2020 | Understanding Society | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Loneliness; Mental health; Inequalities | Link to the paper |
| COVID-19 and associations with frailty and multimorbidity: a prospective analysis of UK Biobank participants | June 2020 | UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Frailty; Multimorbidity; Epidemiology | Link to the paper |
| Ethnicity, comorbidity, socioeconomic status, and their associations with COVID-19 infection in England: a cohort analysis of UK Biobank data | June 2020 | UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Epidemiology; Inequalities; Ethnicity | Link to the paper |
| Risk of Depression in Family Caregivers: Unintended Consequence of COVID-19 | June 2020 | Understanding Society | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Depression; Family caregiving; Loneliness | Link to the paper |
| Obesity and risk of COVID-19: analysis of UK Biobank | May 2020 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Obesity; Health behaviours; BMI | Link to the article |
| COVID-19 Survey Briefing Note: The Economic Effects | May 2020 | Understanding Society | National | Briefing note | Economics; Employment; Earnings | Link to the briefing note |
| Real-time tracking of self-reported symptoms to predict potential COVID-19. | May 2020 | Twins UK | National | Article | Medicine; Epidemiology; Symptomology | Link to the article |
| Rapid implementation of mobile technology for real-time epidemiology of COVID-19. | May 2020 | Twins UK | National | Article | Epidemiology; Public health; Mobile technology | Link to the article |
| Lifestyle risk factors, inflammatory mechanisms, and COVID-19 hospitalization: A community-based cohort study of 387,109 adults in UK. | May 2020 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Health behaviours; Inequalities; Obesity | Link to the article |
| Ethnic and socioeconomic differences in SARS-CoV-2 infection: prospective cohort study using UK Biobank. | May 2020 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Health behaviours; Inequalities; Ethnicity | Link to the article |
| Generation Scotland CovidLife Survey First Report | May 2020 | Generation Scotland | Devolved Nations | Report | Employment; Well-being; Mental health | Link to the report |
| Psychosocial factors and hospitalisations for COVID-19: Prospective cohort study of the general population | May 2020 | UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Psychosocial factors; Hospitalisation; Cognitive function | Link to the paper |
| Who is lonely in lockdown? Cross-cohort analyses of predictors of loneliness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic | May 2020 | Understanding Society | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Cross-cohort; Loneliness; Inequalities | Link to the paper |
| Current tobacco smoking and risk from COVID-19: results from a population symptom app in over 2.4 million people | May 2020 | TwinsUK / COVID Symptom Tracker | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Symptoms; Smoking; Epidemiology | Link to the paper |
| Self-reported symptoms of covid-19 including symptoms most predictive of SARS-CoV-2 infection, are heritable | April 2020 | TwinsUK | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Symptoms; Heritability; Public health | Link to the paper |
| Geo-social gradients in predicted COVID-19 prevalence and severity in Great Britain: results from 2,266,235 users of the COVID-19 Symptoms Tracker app | April 2020 | COVID Symptom Tracker | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Inequalities; Public health; Deprivation | Link to the paper |
