Psychological Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Hungarian Adult Population

COVID-19 Pandemic Clinical Trial

Official title:

Psychological Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Hungarian Adult Population

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04426266
• Other study ID #: PSZ-002
• Status: Completed
• Start date: May 1, 2020
• Est. completion date: September 28, 2020

Study information

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

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 441
• Est. completion date: September 28, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: September 28, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

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

Exclusion Criteria:

none

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety Disorders
• Coping Skills
• COVID-19 Pandemic
• Health Status Index
• Mood
• Patient Health Questionnaire Anxiety and Depression Scale
• Psychological Stress
• Questionnaire Designs
• Stress, Psychological
• Subjective Health Complaint
• Two-Item Generalised Anxiety Disorder Scale

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Hungary	University of Szeged Department of Dermatology and Allergology	Szeged

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Szeged University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Hungary, 

References & Publications (3)

Ho CS, Chee CY, Ho RC. Mental Health Strategies to Combat the Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Beyond Paranoia and Panic. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2020 Mar 16;49(3):155-160. — View 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). pii: E1729. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17051729. — View 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. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	sociodemopraphic factors	6 items - age, sex, city of residence, marital status, level of education, employment status	5 months
Primary	perceived stress	Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), 10 items about thoughts and feelings that characterize a person's perception of stress	5 months
Primary	level of anxiety	The General Anxiety Disorder Assessment GAD-2, 2 items to examine the level of anxiety	5 months
Primary	self-reported health state	EQ5D-VAS, 1 item to examine health status	5 months
Primary	number of complaints	Self-administered inventory of complaints (Hungarian questionnaire), 20 items to measure number of complaints.	5 months
Primary	strategies in coping with stressful situations	Shortened (Hungarian) version of the Ways of Coping Questionnaire (WOC), 22 items to measure cognitive or behavioral strategies in coping with stressful situations	5 months
Primary	psychological effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the participants' mood and ways of coping with difficulties arising from the pandemic	psychological effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the participants' mood and ways of coping with difficulties arising from the pandemic, 2 open-ended questions (not obligatory to answer) in connection with psychological effects of the coronavirus pandemic (its effects on the participants' mood and ways of coping with difficulties arising from the pandemic).	5 months
Primary	level of depression	The Patient Health Questionnaire PHQ-2, 2 items to examine the level of depression	5 months