COVID-19 Projects and publications
Scotland in Lockdown
Funded by the Chief Scientist Office (CSO) in the Scottish Government
The study “Health and social impacts of Covid-19 in Scotland” aims to understand the social, behavioural and health impacts of Covid-19 suppression, including lockdown, on those who may already have been isolated or excluded.
Contact:
Prof Sarah Armstrong sarah.armstrong@glasgow.ac.uk
The Impact of COVID-19 on disabled people
Funded by the ESRC
This study aims to provide authoritative evidence as to how disabled people in England and Scotland are experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic.
Contact:
Prof Nick Watson nicholas.watson@glasgow.ac.uk
Betting and gaming: the Covid-19 impact study
Funded by the ESRC
This project looks at transitions to more harmful forms of gambling during the Covid-19 pandemic: behaviours and targeted marketing in young people and bettors on sports.
Contact:
Dr Heather Wardle heather.wardle@glasgow.ac.uk
COVID publications
Niedzwiedz, C. L., Green, M. J., Benzeval, M., Campbell, D. D., Craig, P., Demou, E., Leyland, A. H., Pearce, A., Thomson, R. M., Whitley, E., and Katikireddi, S. V. (2021) Mental health and health behaviours before and during the initial phase of the COVID-19 lockdown: longitudinal analyses of the UK Household Longitudinal Study Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 75(3), pp. 224-231. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2020-215060)
Blane, D. N. , O'Donnell, K. and Taylor, A. K. (2021) 'Reluctant pioneer’: a qualitative study of doctors’ experiences as patients with long-COVID Health Expectations, (Accepted for Publication)
Wardle, H., Donnachie, C., Hunt, N., Brown, A., Bunn, C., Dobbie, F., Gray, C., Mitchell, D., Purves, R., Reith, G., Stead, M., and Hunt, K. (2021) The impact of the initial Covid-19 lockdown upon regular sports bettors in Britain: findings from a cross-sectional online study Addictive Behaviors, 118, 106876. (doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.106876)
Kingstone, T., Taylor, A. K., O'Donnell, C. A., Atherton, H., Blane, D. N., and Chew-Graham, C. A.(2020) Finding the 'right' GP: a qualitative study of the experiences of people with long-COVID BJGP Open, (doi: 10.3399/bjgpopen20X101143)
McQueenie, R., Foster, H. M.E., Jani, B. D., Katikireddi, S. V., Sattar, N., Pell, J. P., Ho, F. K., Niedzwiedz, C. L., Hastie, C. E., Anderson, J., Mark, P. B., Sullivan, M., O'Donnell, C. A., Mair, F. S., and Nicholl, B. I. (2020) Multimorbidity, polypharmacy, and COVID-19 infection within the UK Biobank cohort PLoS One, 15(8), e0238091, (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238091)
Ho, F. K., Petermann-Rocha, F., Gray, S. R., Jani, B. D., Katikireddi, S. V., Niedzwiedz, C. L., Foster, H., Hastie, C. E., Mackay, D. F., Gill, J. M.R., O'Donnell, C., Welsh, P., Mair, F., Sattar, N., Celis-Morales, C. A., and Pell, J. P.(2020) Is older age associated with COVID-19 mortality in the absence of other risk factors? General population cohort study of 470,034 participants PLoS ONE, 15(11), e0241824. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241824)
Hunt, K., Critchlow, N., Brown, A., Bunn, C., Dobbie, F., Donnachie, C., Gray, C. M., Purves, R., Reith, G., Stead, M., Mitchell, D., and Wardle, H. (2020) Protocol for a mixed-method investigation of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and gambling practices, experiences and marketing in the UK: the “Betting and Gaming COVID-19 Impact Study” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public, 17(22), 8449. (doi: 10.3390/ijerph17228449)
Mutambudzi, M., Niedzwiedz, C. L., Macdonald, E. B., Leyland, A. H., Mair, F. S., Anderson, J. J., Celis-Morales, C. A., Cleland, J. G., Forbes, J., Gill, J. M.R., Hastie, C. E., Ho, F. K., Jani, B. D., Mackay, D. F., Nicholl, B. I., O'Donnell, C. A., Sattar, N., Welsh, P., Pell, J. P., Katikireddi, S. V., and Demou, E.(2020) Occupation and risk of severe COVID-19: prospective cohort study of 120 075 UK Biobank participants, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, (doi: 10.1136/oemed-2020-106731)
Murji, K., and Picker, G. (2020) Racist morbidities: a conjunctural analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic European Societies, (doi: 10.1080/14616696.2020.1825767)
Hastie, C. E., Mackay, D. F., Ho, F., Celis-Morales, C. A., Katikireddi, S. V., Niedzwiedz, C. L., Jani, B. D., Welsh, P., Mair, F. S., Gray, S. R., O'Donnell, C. A., Gill, J. M.R., Sattar, N., and Pell, J. P. (2020) Vitamin D concentrations and COVID-19 infection in UK Biobank, Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews, 14(4), pp. 561-565. (doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2020.04.050)