What we eat/drink may help prevent or facilitate recovery from COVID-19 and COVID-19-induced long hauling symptoms, including the chemosensory dysfunction.
In collaboration with the Global Consortium for Chemosensory Research (GCCR), we are conducting a survey on food/beverages that you have had during these over two years of the pandemic. We appreciate it very much if you can participate.
This letter is sent to those who participated to the survey by GCCR in 2020, which is now published in multiple scientific papers. (References attached)
(But it is free and open also to all those who want to partecipate now)
We appreciate everyone over 18 years old to participate regardless of the COVID-19 history (we need participants who experienced COVID and have not experience COVID).
The survey will take about 10 min.
The foods and teas listed in the survey are called “Hyperfoods” : they contain ingredients that interact with the pathways that SARS-CoV-2 affects, or binds with the virus, which means that they might suppress the replication of the virus or suppress infection or suppress inflammation. (Laboratory data to be studied in real experience, like yours)
We hope you take the survey and learn what might be safer to eat/drink.
The survey is approved by the Indiana University Institutional Review Board (IRB).
If you have questions or concerns about your rights as a research participant or in the event of a research-related harm, you can contact Dr. Sachiko Koyama at Indiana University (sakoyama@indiana.edu).
If you have any questions in general, please contact Dr. Sachiko Koyama or Dr. Orietta Calcinoni (https://www.oriettacalcinoni.it/contatti - NB filling the form WILL NOT MEAN you’re booking a visit , please start with “GCCR SURVEY” and add your message) .
Your responses to this survey will remain anonymous. We are not collecting personal identifying information (name, address, email, IP address). After submitting the survey, you cannot retrieve your responses and we cannot remove your data because we have no way to identify you.
Thank you so much for your contribution to our study.
English version: https://iu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b1uraeoXtX8i5rU
Indian English: https://iu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1Hdew0OAB9LLz8i
REFERENCES / BIBLIOGRAFIA
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