{"id":1579,"date":"2020-04-15T14:56:35","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T18:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/?page_id=1579"},"modified":"2021-04-30T08:09:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T12:09:56","slug":"first-results","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/covid-19-in-new-hampshire\/first-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Results 04\/09\/20 – Baseline"},"content":{"rendered":"

Early results<\/a> indicate that just over half of the 1,029 New Hampshire households surveyed (and 68% of individuals within those households) had been completely symptom-free during the past four weeks. The most commonly reported symptoms were runny nose\/nasal congestion (27 percent of households), sore throat (15 percent), persistent dry cough (9 percent), and fever (8 percent).<\/p>\n

\u201cWithout laboratory testing we don\u2019t know which of these symptoms are caused by COVID-19 or by other common viruses that circulate in winter, but we\u2019ll understand that question better by following people over time\u2014so it\u2019s critical that our participants continue to give us information in our daily health survey,\u201d says Judy Rees, MD, PhD, an associate professor of epidemiology at Geisel who is co-leading the effort with Tracy Keirns, PhD, assistant director of the UNH Survey Center.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother thing we\u2019re seeing is that fewer than 20 percent of households are substantially reducing their exposure to family members with cough or shortness of breath by trying to isolate them in the home,\u201d says Rees. \u201cIsolation isn\u2019t easy in families with children, but in older age groups it\u2019s something to consider if there\u2019s space in the home to do it. Frequent handwashing and cleaning surfaces in the home can also help reduce transmission between family members.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very excited with the initial response to our baseline survey, and we\u2019re hoping that all those individuals will continue to participate over the coming weeks in the shorter daily survey\u201d says Keirns. \u201cWe\u2019ll make the results available as quickly as possible, posting new results at least weekly, starting today.\u201d Additional results from the baseline survey are expected online later this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a really nice collaboration between UNH and Dartmouth and it\u2019s one that reflects the community spirit that we\u2019re seeing in many places around the state right now,\u201d says Rees. \u201cWe\u2019re grateful to the Survey Center for being willing to take this on with us.\u201d<\/p>\n

This project is supported by emergency funding from The Hitchcock Foundation, the\u00a0Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation, Dartmouth College COVID-19 \"Spark\" funding, and in-kind support by UNH Survey Center staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Early results indicate that just over half of the 1,029 New Hampshire households surveyed (and 68% of individuals within those households) had been completely symptom-free during the past four weeks. The most commonly reported symptoms were runny nose\/nasal congestion (27 percent of households), sore throat (15 percent), persistent dry cough [\u2026] <\/p>\n

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