COMO Study

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The longitudinal COMO Study examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the physical and mental health as well as the health behavior of children and adolescents in Germany against the background of socio-ecological contexts. The aim is to identify particularly vulnerable groups and thus create the data basis for targeted health promotion, prevention, and intervention approaches.

Procedure of the study

The COMO Study builds on the population-based studies COPSY and MoMo and combines them into a joint interdisciplinary longitudinal study.

For the COMO study, a sample of children and adolescents aged 4 to 17 years, representative for Germany, will be drawn from about 180 communities. For the COMO study, a random sample will be added to the data from existing longitudinal studies on physical health (MoMo) and mental health (COPSY).

Parents of 4- to 17-year-olds as well as children and adolescents aged 11 and older will be interviewed. The surveys will take place in autumn 2023, 2024, and 2025 as an online survey. Approximately 5,000 participants are planned for the initial survey. They will be invited to participate in an additional digital motor survey. A group of about 200 participants will also be studied in a smartphone-based in-depth survey.

The interdisciplinary working group consists of five partners from all over Germany, which enables a biopsychosocial view of health through the different expertise of the partners and is supported by an interdisciplinary advisory board consisting of cooperation partners, researchers, and experts from the public health system.

In the sub-project "Description of Changes in Mental Health", headed by Prof. Dr. Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer, the research section "Child Public Health" at the UKE contributes its expertise on quality of life, mental health, and health behavior of children and adolescents.

Further information on the COMO study can be found here.

Link to the Instagram page of the COMO study.


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The longitudinal COMO Study is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research .

Contact: Dr. Franziska Reiß f.reiss@uke.de