Criteria | Aspect |
I. Implications for the course of the pandemic and its impact on health | Implications for the risk of infection and course of the pandemic |
Implications for COVID-19-related health consequences | |
Implications for the capacity of the healthcare system to treat (severe) COVID-19 cases | |
II. Implications for quality of life, social well-being and mental health | Implications for the capability to shape everyday life according to one’s own wishes and needs |
Implications for individual well-being and quality of life | |
Implications of the measures for social well-being | |
Implications for social cohesion of communities | |
Implications for the experience of fear and insecurity | |
Implications for stress, stressors, the feeling of being overwhelmed and overloaded | |
Implications for mental health and its consequences | |
III. Implications for the physical health, health behaviour, health risks and healthcare beyond COVID-19 | Implications for health-related behaviour |
Implications for the exposure to environments that affect health | |
Implications for the risk of suffering accidents or being affected by violence | |
Implications for medical emergency and standard care beyond COVID-19 | |
Implications for care and other health and social support services | |
Other health-related implications beyond COVID-19 | |
IV. Proportionality and accordance with individual autonomy and fundamental rights | Implications for and accordance with individual liberties and fundamental rights including autonomy and individual self-determination |
Extent of intrusiveness and proportionality regarding the expected benefit | |
V. Acceptability of and willingness to implement the measures | Socio-cultural acceptability of the measures |
Implications for willingness to implement, adhere to, or enforce the measures | |
VI. Equity, equality and the fair distribution of benefits and burdens | Implications for health, social and economic inequalities |
Implications for affected social groups, in particular vulnerable and marginalised populations | |
Degree of fair distribution of benefits and burdens between population groups | |
Accordance of the measures with the principle of equal treatment | |
Implications for the risk of stigmatisation and discrimination | |
VII. Societal and environmental implications & considerations | Implications for actors and institutions of civil society, social life, and culture |
Implications for the civil society, social life and culture | |
Implications for social cohesion, solidarity, and the risk of social and political division | |
Implications for the economic situation of individuals and capability of social participation | |
Implications for education and psychosocial development | |
Implications for other social determinants of health | |
Implications for ecosystem, planetary boundaries, and environmental sustainability | |
VIII. Economic implications & consideration | Consequences of the measures for individual economic actors and their economic activities |
Implications for the economy; including resilience and ability to recover | |
Implications for innovation and economic development opportunities | |
Implications for the measures on the retention and release of labour forces | |
IX. Resource implications & considerations | Financial costs, available financial resources and budgetary implications for different actors |
Requirements of, availability of and implications for human resources | |
Requirements of, availability of, and implications for protective equipment, hygiene products and medical devices | |
Requirements of, availability of, and implications for infrastructure to implement, enforce, and/or monitor measures | |
Requirements of, availability of, and implications for further resources and infrastructures | |
X. Feasibility implications & considerations | Political feasibility and legal conformity |
Practical and technical feasibility | |
Flexibility in implementation, extension, adjustment and withdrawal of measures | |
Possibility of evaluation and adequate reaction to new information | |
XI. Interaction with and implications for the health system | Interaction with other measures to control and contain the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic |
Interaction with components of the healthcare system | |
Implications for the capability and willingness to develop alternative, local solutions | |
metacriterion: quality of evidence |
WICID, WHO-INTEGRATE COVID-19.