Long-term Consequences of COVID-19 and the Pandemic: Protocol for a Web-Based, Longitudinal Observational Study (DEFEAT)

Marie Mikuteit   ^{1, 2} ;   Stephanie Heinemann   ³ , DrPH ;   Sascha Roder   ³ , DrPhil ;   Jacqueline Niewolik   ¹ ;   Dominik Schröder   ³ ;   Kai Vahldiek   ⁴ ;   Sandra Klawitter   ⁴ ;   Anne Cossmann   ¹ ;   Torsten Bergemann   ¹ ;   Chantal Degen   ⁵ ;   Frank Klawonn   ^{4, 6} , Prof Dr ;   Georg Martin Norbert Behrens   ^{1, 7} , Prof Dr med ;   Frank Müller   ^{3 *} , Dr med ;   Alexandra Dopfer-Jablonka   ^{1, 7 *} , PD Dr med ;   Sandra Steffens   ^{1 *} , Prof Dr med

¹ Department for Rheumatology and Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

² Deans' Office, Curricular Development, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

³ Department of General Practice, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

⁴ Department of Computer Science, Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, Wolfenbüttel, Germany

⁵ Department of Otolaryngology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

⁶ Biostatistics Research Group, Helholtz Center for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

⁷ German Center for Infection Research, Partner site Hannover-Braunschweig, Germany

*these authors contributed equally