Strengths and limitations of this study
post-traumatic
RECRUITMENT
This cross-sectional observational study will make a significant contribution to understanding the psychosocial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in seven low- and middle-income countries with different pandemic impacts.This study will quantify psychometric measures in countries where there is currently limited access to newly developed scales relating to COVID-19 and associated measures of psychological distress, well-being and post-traumatic growth in appropriate languages.The findings will provide psychometric information on the novel COVID Psychosocial Impacts Scale (CPIS) in differing pandemic contexts.There are limitations associated with selective recruitment and response rate in this study; which may limit the generalisability of the findings and comparability between groups.