Clinical trial NCT04426266: Psychological Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Hungarian Adult Population
Official title: Psychological Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Hungarian Adult Population
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Questionnaire Designs
COVID-19 Pandemic
Psychological Stress
Coping Skills
Two-Item Generalised Anxiety Disorder Scale
Patient Health Questionnaire Anxiety and Depression Scale
Health Status Index
Subjective Health Complaint
Mood
Lead sponsor: Szeged University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-06-11
Enrollment: 441
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: adult Hungarian

Brief summary: The aim of the study is to explore the psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic among Hungarian adults with the use of an anonymous online questionnaire that consists of 65 items. With these results it will possible to identify coping strategies that can help Hungarian adults to deal with the difficulties arising from the pandemic.

Detailed description: Planned course of the project:

1. We make the questionnaire using Google Forms.
2. The link of the online questionnaire is sent to three public groups via the social media website Facebook.
3. By clicking on the sent link, all participants are able to read information about the project and about the consent to participate in it. Then the participant will be able to give consent to participate in the project. After giving consent, the participant will be able to start filling out the questionnaire. If the participant indicates that he/she does not want to give consent to the study, the website will indicate that the participation of him/her has ended in the project.
4. Anonymous answers will be automatically saved.
5. The participants will be given code numbers based on the order in which they filled out the questionnaire.
6. The data will be analysed by the researchers. For a participant, completing the online questionnaire takes approximately 10-15 minutes.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

The participant must have access to the internet and to the social media website Facebook.

Exclusion Criteria:

none

Primary outcomes:
measure: sociodemopraphic factors
timeFrame: 5 months
measure: perceived stress
timeFrame: 5 months
measure: level of anxiety
timeFrame: 5 months
measure: self-reported health state
timeFrame: 5 months
measure: number of complaints
timeFrame: 5 months
measure: strategies in coping with stressful situations
timeFrame: 5 months
measure: psychological effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the participants' mood and ways of coping with difficulties arising from the pandemic
timeFrame: 5 months
measure: level of depression
timeFrame: 5 months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Szeged
country: Hungary
facility: University of Szeged Department of Dermatology and Allergology
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Szeged, Department of Dermatology and Allergology
name: Lajos Kemény, Prof. Dr.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Xiao C. A Novel Approach of Consultation on 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)-Related Psychological and Mental Problems: Structured Letter Therapy. Psychiatry Investig. 2020 Feb;17(2):175-176. doi: 10.30773/pi.2020.0047. Epub 2020 Feb 25. No abstract available.
citation: Ho CS, Chee CY, Ho RC. Mental Health Strategies to Combat the Psychological Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Beyond Paranoia and Panic. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2020 Mar 16;49(3):155-160. No abstract available.
citation: Wang C, Pan R, Wan X, Tan Y, Xu L, Ho CS, Ho RC. Immediate Psychological Responses and Associated Factors during the Initial Stage of the 2019 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Epidemic among the General Population in China. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Mar 6;17(5):1729. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17051729.