Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Depression and Quality of Life

Depression Clinical Trial

Official title:

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Depression and Quality of Life: Cross Sectional Study on Turkish Society and Suggestions on Potential Solution

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04394078
• Other study ID #: 56665618-204.01.07
• Status: Completed
• Start date: May 6, 2020
• Est. completion date: May 18, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: June 2020
• Source: Okan University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

It is aimed to investigate the depression and quality of life of Turkish society caused by Covid-19 pandemic and reveal the relationship between them

Description:

Study hypothesis that people are tend to be depressed and the quality of life is affected negatively by Covid-19 pandemic. Although Turkey has affected moderately, the immediate change on depression and quality of life observable and measurable. It is aimed to investigate the depression and quality of life of Turkish society caused by Covid-19 pandemic and reveal the relationship between them. According to existing data and perspective of psychology and physiotherapy, potential solutions will be aligned.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 543
• Est. completion date: May 18, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: May 18, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 15 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• being Turkish

• understanding Turkish

• currently living in Turkey

• being between the age of 15 - 65

• being literate

• have internet access

Exclusion Criteria:

• being diagnosed with a psychological disorder before the pandemic

• having missing value on outcome measures

• giving incomprehensible answering

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Covid 19
• Depression
• Depressive Disorder
• Quality of Life
• Social Isolation

Intervention

Other:
• Online survey
Volunteer individuals enrolled the study after approval an online informed consent form. Sociodemographic data of the participants recorded as an online survey. Then, patient reported outcomes were used to assess depression (Zung depression Scale) and quality of life (WHO Qualiy of Life - Bref version).

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Okan University	Istanbul

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Okan University	Yuksek Ihtisas University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Sociodemographic information form	Participants are asked to give information about: age, gender, educational status, height, weight, occupation, working status, city inhabited, whether they live alone or with someone, whether they have a chronic disease, have a pet, do physical activity, eat healthy and sufficient, have qualified sleep, whether they are supported economically.	two months after Covid 19 recognised as pandemic
Primary	Zung Depression Scale	Zung depression scale, developed by Zung (Zung, 1965), is patient rating depression scale, was used to asses four domains related to depression; somatic, mood disorders, psychomotor and psychological disorders. Each question is rated on a 4-point Likert scale (0- never, 1- sometimes, 2- frequently, 3- always). Scale contains 10 straight 10 reverse questions. The total score is calculated from the raw score obtained (total score = (raw score / 80) * 100). Accordingly, scores less than 50 are normal or no psychopathology; between 50 and 59 points indicates mild level, between 60 and 69 points indicate moderate level and 70 and above points indicate severe level depression (Thurber et al., 2002). The validity reliability of the scale was studied on Turkish society (Gencdogan & Nihal, 2011)	two months after Covid 19 recognised as pandemic
Primary	World Health Organization Quality of Life - Bref	World Health Organization Quality of Life Bref is the short version of the WHOQOL-100 to assess the health-related quality of life (Harper et al., 1998), which has efficient psychometric properties, valid and reliable for Turkish society (Eser et al., 1999). It is essential for epidemiological survey and international report has built for psychometric properties for 26 country where Turkey within (Skevington et al., 2004). It has 4 domains; physical health, psychology, social relations and environment. Each question is answered on a 5-point Likert scale. The raw score is converted into a percentage system. The quality of life is interpreted as good as it gets closer to 100% (Akvardar et al., 2006).	two months after Covid 19 recognised as pandemic