DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15780254
title: Understanding Stress in Adults During COVID-19

description: Background

This dataset is one of the studies of the Corona Health project. It addresses how stress of adults during the global COVID-19 pandemic changed over time. It consists of two questionnaires, a baseline questionnaire and a follow up questionnaire. Both questionnaires include, when consent was given, location data and digital phenotyping metrics. The latter was limited only on Android devices.

Files



ch_stress - baseline.xlsx - Codebook that describes the columns in the baseline questionnaire

ch_stress - followup.xlsx - Codebook that describes the columns in the baseline questionnaire

answersheets_stress_baseline - Baseline questionnaire, inlcuding demographic information, location, and phenotyping data 

answersheets_stress_followUp - Follow-Up questionnaire


Other

Detailed description of the baseline and follow-up questionnaire. Because these questionnaires share a major part of their questions, we provide these here within one table.






Question Type



Label



Follow-Up?



Question



Encoding and Answer Options







SingleChoice



pers



No



Do you fill out the questionnaire for yourself or another person?



1 = For myself, 2 = For another person





Knob



age



No



How old are you (in years)?



Min = 18, Max = 120, Step = 1





SingleChoice



gender



No



Which gender are you?



0 = Female, 1 = male, 2 = Transgender





SingleChoiceKnob



country



No



In which country do you currently live?



 





SingleChoice



family



No



What is your marital status?



1 = Married or solid partnership, 2 = Married, living apart, 3 = Divorced, 4 = Registered civil partnership, 5 = Registered civil partnership, living apart, 6 = Widowed, 7 = Single





SingleChoice



education



No



How many years have you been in school in total? 



1 = 7 or less, 2 = 8 to 9, 3 = 10, 4 = 11 to 12, 5 = 13 or more, 6 = I am still at school





SingleChoice



covid1



No



Have you been tested positive for COVID-19?



0 = No, 1 = yes, currently ill, 2 = Yes, already recovered





SingleChoice



covid2



No



Do you have any relatives infected with COVID-19?



0 = No, 1 = yes, currently ill, 2 = Yes, already recovered





YesNoSwitch



covid3



No



Have you lost relatives or friends due to COVID-19?



0 = No, 1 = Yes





SingleChoice



pss1



Yes



In the last week, how often have you been upset because of something that happened unexpectedly?



0 = Never, 1 = Almost never, 2 = Sometimes, 3 = Fairly often, 4 = Very often





SingleChoice



pss2



Yes



In the last week, how often have you felt that you were unable to control the important things in your life?



0 = Never, 1 = Almost never, 2 = Sometimes, 3 = Fairly often, 4 = Very often





SingleChoice



pss3



Yes



In the last week, how often have you felt nervous and “stressed”?



0 = Never, 1 = Almost never, 2 = Sometimes, 3 = Fairly often, 4 = Very often





SingleChoice



pss4



Yes



In the last week, how often have you felt confident about your ability to handle your personal problems?



0 = Never, 1 = Almost never, 2 = Sometimes, 3 = Fairly often, 4 = Very often





SingleChoice



pss5



Yes



In the last week, how often have you felt that things were going your way?



0 = Never, 1 = Almost never, 2 = Sometimes, 3 = Fairly often, 4 = Very often





SingleChoice



pss6



Yes



In the last week, how often have you found that you could not cope with all the things that you had to do?



0 = Never, 1 = Almost never, 2 = Sometimes, 3 = Fairly often, 4 = Very often





SingleChoice



pss7



Yes



In the last week, how often have you been able to control irritations in your life?



0 = Never, 1 = Almost never, 2 = Sometimes, 3 = Fairly often, 4 = Very often





SingleChoice



pss8



Yes



In the last week, how often have you felt that you were on top of things?



0 = Never, 1 = Almost never, 2 = Sometimes, 3 = Fairly often, 4 = Very often





SingleChoice



pss9



Yes



In the last week, how often have you been angered because of things that were outside of your control?



0 = Never, 1 = Almost never, 2 = Sometimes, 3 = Fairly often, 4 = Very often





SingleChoice



pss10



Yes



In the last week, how often have you felt difficulties were piling up so high that you could not overcome them?



0 = Never, 1 = Almost never, 2 = Sometimes, 3 = Fairly often, 4 = Very often