View some of our key Covid-19 research. This includes Covid-life, a survey which asked around 18,000 Generation Scotland volunteers about how the pandemic impacted them. Research also looks at how the pandemic has impacted people's mental health. Study suggests link between severe Covid-19 and long-term mental health outcomes 16 months after illness Read about how Covid-19 impacted our volunteers mental health and wellbeing. People with previous mental ill health hit harder by pandemic disruption Read about how the pandemic impacted individuals with existing anxiety and depression, specifically job and healthcare disruptions. Greater loneliness in young people during lockdown Read some of our Teen CovidLife research which shows that young people aged 12-17 were lonelier than adults in the CovidLife project at all stages of the pandemic. Initial results of CovidLife survey released Read about our survey, Covid-life, which asked around 18,000 Generation Scotland volunteers about how the pandemic impacted their mental health, livelihoods and wellbeing. Teen CovidLife: Survey 1 & 2 Results Over 5,000 young people in Scotland took part in our Teen CovidLife survey. We've brought together the first and second set of survey results. Study finds new markers may determine Covid-19 severity Research, involving Generation Scotland, has found 27 new biomarkers which may determine mild and severe forms of Covid-19. Rural voices heard as first RuralCovidLife results published Read the results from over 3,000 people from across rural Scotland took part in our Rural CovidLife survey. Young people found to have poorer mental health during COVID-19 Generation Scotland and CovidLife volunteer data supports new findings that certain groups are more at risk of poorer mental health during COVID-19 than others. Five Genes found associated with most severe form of Covid-19 These results have helped to identify new potential treatments for Covid-19. Data from over 20,000 Generation Scotland volunteers played a vital role in the findings. This article was published on 2024-07-31
