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The Impact of Information Sources on Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

NCT04442360 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 4000

Last updated 2020-06-23

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Summary

Study description:

The present study seeks to investigate the impact of various sources of information on psychopathology, and specifically health anxiety, depression, and general anxiety, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study will investigate the divergent impact of various information sources on these psychopathological symptoms during the pandemic.

Hypotheses and research questions:

Hypothesis 1: Media consumption across all information sources will significantly be associated with depression and anxiety symptoms, with increased media consumption in general associated with higher levels of health anxiety, depression, and general anxiety.

Hypothesis 2: Using social media and online interactive platforms to obtain news about the pandemic in comparison to using traditional media (e.g., TV, radio, and newspapers) will be associated with higher levels of health anxiety, depression, and general anxiety. Actively staying away from information will further significantly be associated with higher levels of higher levels of health anxiety, depression, and general anxiety.

Research Question 1: Is there a differential effect among different information sources on health anxiety, depression and general anxiety? To what extend and how are different information sources related to symptoms of health anxiety, depression, and general anxiety.

Exploratory:

Additionally, we will exploratory investigate to what extent the amount of use of different information sources impact health anxiety, depression, and general anxiety. We will also examine effect sizes with part correlations, to investigate information sources with the most and least detrimental impact on health anxiety, depression, and general anxiety.

Furthermore, we will report which information platforms participants reported as most useful with regards to information concerning how to best deal with the pandemic.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Prospective study with two measurement points investigating the impact of viral mitigation protocols on mental health

Prospective study with two measurement points investigating the impact of viral mitigation protocols on mental health

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Modum Bad

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Oslo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Omid V. Ebrahimi, PhD · University of Oslo

  • Asle Hoffart, PhD · Modum Bad

  • Sverre Urnes Johnson, PhD · University of Oslo

  • Ole Myklebust Amundsen, Cand.Psychol Student · University of Bergen

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-06-22
Primary Completion
2020-07-13
Completion
2020-07-13

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