Clinical trial NCT04371250: Study of Resilience and Loneliness in Youth (18 - 25 Years Old) During the COVID-19 Pandemic Lock-down Measures.
Official title: Mental Health Implications During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic Lock-down Measures in Youth (18 - 25 Years Old) in French-Speaking Belgium and Italy: Resilience and Loneliness Evaluation.
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Resilience, Psychological
Loneliness
Youth
Surveys and Questionnaires
Keywords: Mental Health
Emerging Adulthood
Lead sponsor: Erasme University Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Université Libre de Bruxelles
name: King Baudouin Foundation
First posted: 2020-05-01
Enrollment: 800
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 25
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Healthy youth living in a European Country where SARS-CoV2 Pandemic Lock-down Measures are underway.

Brief summary: The outbreak linked to SARS-CoV-2 pandemic resulted in lock-down measures in almost all European countries.

This online survey assesses these measures implications on Mental Health in emerging adults.

The questionnaires evaluate two psychometric variables (Resilience and Loneliness) and Mental Health status (mental health professional help-seeking, use of psychotropic drugs, or possible diagnosis) before and during Lock-down Measures.

At least 600 healthy participants aged form 18 to 25 years old will be attended to fill the survey during the SARS-CoV2 Pandemic Lock-down Measures.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* French-speaking or Italian-speaking
* Subjects who accepted to participated to the online survey
* Inhabitants of a European country where SARS-CoV2 Pandemic Lock-down Measures are underway
* Survey filling date up to one week after the end of Lock-down Measures in the Country of residence

Exclusion Criteria:

* Incomplete surveys

Primary outcomes:
measure: Self-rated measure of Resilience
timeFrame: Up to 1 week after the end of the lock-down measures
measure: Self-rated measure of Loneliness
timeFrame: Up to 1 week after the end of the lock-down measures
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Brussels
country: Belgium
facility: Erasme University Hospital
Study officials:
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