Clinical trial NCT04331106: Survey of the Anxiety Associated With the COVID-19 Pandemic
Official title: Online-based Survey of the Anxiety Associated With the COVID-19 Pandemic in the General Population in Germany
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: Anxiety Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Keywords: Anxiety
Pandemic
Corona-Virus
SARS-CoV-2
Corona
Covid-19
Public Health
Mental Health
Health
Mental Disorders
Lead sponsor: Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-04-02
Enrollment: 7500
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: General population in Germany

Brief summary: The study aims to systematically examine various aspects of the anxiety associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. The data collection is carried out online with longitudinal repeated measurements.

Detailed description: The COVID-19 pandemic is currently one of the greatest challenges for numerous countries - also for Germany. In addition to its somatic and economic consequences, the psychological dimension of the Coronavirus pandemic is discussed increasingly and is visible in public life - e.g. in the "pandemic-caused experience of threat", "loss of control" and "panic" of multiple people. The study examines the phenomenon of this "corona-related anxiety" in terms of epidemiological, clinical and psychosocial characteristics. It is investigated how "corona anxiety" affects people who already have an anxiety disorder or other mental illnesses as well as formerly mentally healthy people. It is also examined how media reporting and personal consequences of COVID-19 are connected with corona-related anxiety and if there is a need for therapeutic support regarding corona-related anxiety.

To answer these questions a longitudinal online survey targeting the general population in Germany is carried out. The survey takes place all three weeks as long as the pandemic lasts and ends with one follow-up one year later.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* informed consent was given
* age ≥ 18
* able to complete the questionnaire in German
* country of residence: Germany

Exclusion Criteria:

* if at least one of the inclusion criteria is not met

Primary outcomes:
measure: Characteristics of COVID-19-related anxiety
timeFrame: 1 day
measure: COVID-19-related anxiety symptoms
timeFrame: 1 day
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Self-efficacy and coping with COVID-19
timeFrame: baseline (1 day) + after 3 weeks + after 6 weeks + after 9 weeks + after 6 months + after 7 months + after 9 months + after 12 months
measure: Consequences of COVID-19 in the last three weeks.
timeFrame: baseline (1 day) + after 3 weeks + after 6 weeks + after 9 weeks + after 6 months + after 7 months + after 9 months + after 12 months
measure: General Illness Attitude
timeFrame: baseline (1 day) + after 3 weeks + after 6 weeks + after 9 weeks + after 6 months + after 7 months + after 9 months + after 12 months
measure: Media reporting
timeFrame: baseline (1 day) + after 3 weeks + after 6 weeks + after 9 weeks + after 6 months + after 7 months + after 9 months + after 12 months
measure: Ultra-brief screening scale for anxiety and depression
timeFrame: baseline (1 day) + after 3 weeks + after 6 weeks + after 9 weeks + after 6 months + after 7 months + after 9 months + after 12 months
measure: Change in characteristics of COVID-19-related anxiety
timeFrame: baseline (1 day) + after 3 weeks + after 6 weeks + after 9 weeks + after 6 months + after 7 months + after 9 months + after 12 months
measure: Change in COVID-19-related anxiety symptoms
timeFrame: baseline (1 day) + after 3 weeks + after 6 weeks + after 9 weeks + after 6 months + after 7 months + after 9 months + after 12 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Berlin
country: Germany
facility: Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin - Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Study officials:
affiliation: Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin - Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
name: Andreas Ströhle, Prof.Dr.
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin - Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
name: Antonia Bendau, M.Sc.Psych.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Olsson A, Olsson M, Fedorowski A, Hagell P, Wictorin K. The Orthostatic Hypotension Questionnaire in Swedish tested in patients with parkinsonism. Brain Behav. 2020 Sep;10(9):e01746. doi: 10.1002/brb3.1746. Epub 2020 Jul 7.