English Longitudinal Study of Ageing COVID-19 Substudy

从健康、心理健康、社会活动、就业和财务状况的角度来看，COVID-19危机正在对人们的生活产生前所未有的影响。老年人的风险很高，因为他们存在长期健康问题、行动不便，以及由于与其他人口相比，互联网使用水平较低而导致的社会孤立。这场危机的影响将是巨大而持久的。未来几年的研究将需要了解谁在经济和社会上受到的影响最大，以及从长远来看，政策制定者如何才能最好地帮助他们。此外，研究人员现在需要研究这场危机，以及政策制定者对危机的反应，以便使未来的卫生和社会系统对未来的此类事件更具弹性。在了解健康、经济福利、家庭和社会结构之间的联系方面，在现有纵向数据和基础设施投资的框架内收集危机期间的数据是有充分科学依据的，这些数据和基础设施投资已经构成了证据基础的很大一部分。迫切需要监测这些进程，以确定不利经验的程度，了解如何促进复原力，并为政策提供信息。ELSA在为老年人做这件事上处于独特的地位。我们的目的是对50岁以上的男性和女性进行评估，这些人都是长期进行的英国老龄化纵向研究（ELSA）的参与者。我们将对全部样本（超过9000人）实施互联网评估，并进行电话访谈，以确保不能使用互联网的人也能参与。我们将衡量2019冠状病毒病的经历、财务状况的变化、工作和护理、身心健康、社会接触和孤独、健康和社会关怀、压力和担忧。该调查将于2020年6月进行，第二次评估将于9月/ 10月进行。这项研究将使政策制定者和研究人员了解COVID-19的各种影响。

The COVID-19 crisis is having an unprecedented impact on people's lives from the perspectives of their health, psychological wellbeing, social activity, employment and financial circumstances. Older people are at high risk because of the presence of long-term health conditions, problems with mobility, as well as social isolation due to lower levels of internet use compared with the rest of the population. The repercussions of this crisis will be considerable and long-lasting. Research for years to come will need to understand who has been most affected economically and socially, and how policymakers can best help them in the long run. Additionally, researchers need to study the crisis now, and policymakers' responses to it, in order to make future health and social systems more resilient to such events in the future. There is a strong scientific case for collecting data in the time of the crisis within the framework of existing longitudinal data and infrastructure investments that already form a large part of the evidence base when it comes to understanding the links between health, economic welfare, family and social structures. There is an urgent need to monitor these processes in order to identify the extent of adverse experience, to learn how to promote resilience, and to inform policy. ELSA is uniquely positioned to do this for older people.Our aim is to carry out assessments of a large well characterized sample of men and women aged over 50 who are participants in the long running English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). We will implement an internet assessment of the complete sample (more than 9,000 people), with telephone interviews to ensure people who are not able to use the internet can participate. We will measure experiences of COVID-19, changes in financial circumstances, work and caregiving, mental and physical health, social contact and loneliness, health and social care, stress and worries. The survey will be carried out in June 2020, with a second assessment in September/October. The study will inform policy makers and researchers about the diverse impacts of COVID-19.