R/covidsymptom.R

In covidsymptom: COVID Symptom Study Sweden Open Dataset

#' covidsymptom: COVID Symptom Study-Sweden data
#'
#' Easily imports COVID Symptom Study-Sweden open data
#'
#'@details The COVID Symptom Study is a non-commercial project that uses a free smartphone app to
#'facilitate real-time data collection of symptoms, exposures, and risk factors related to COVID-19.
#'The app was developed by researchers at King’s College and Guys and St Thomas’ Hospitals in London in
#'partnership with health science company Zoe Global Ltd. Baseline data and recurring daily questions are
#'described in Drew et al (Science, 2020). The app was launched in the UK and US March 2020. In Sweden,
#'the study is based at Lund University and, as per a collaboration agreement on 28 July 2020, Uppsala
#'University. The app was launched in Sweden on April 29, 2020 as part of a national research initiative
#'on COVID-19. To date, >4.5 million participants in the three countries are using the app, ~202,000 of
#'whom live in Sweden. Participants have so far made ~271 million data entries, with Swedish participants
#'contributing ~11 million of these.
#'
#' @docType package
#' @name covidsymptom
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