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Information Sources and Their Relationship to Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Network Study

NCT04444336 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 4000

Last updated 2020-06-24

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Summary

This study aims to investigate the association between the use different information sources to obtain information about the COVID-19 pandemic and symptoms of psychopathology (i.e., depression and anxiety).

Research Question:

How central are different sources of information used to obtain knowledge about the COVID-19 pandemic in network along with depressive and anxiety symptoms? Which sources of information are most strongly connected to different symptoms of depression and anxiety? Staying away from information will be measured in the present study. As avoidance is a type of safety behavior in anxiety disorders, we are further eager to investigate the centrality of this behavior in the network. Furthermore, multiple studies using latent-variable paradigms have established a relationship between sum-scores of depression and social anxiety use in general. We are further interested in examining this potential link more thoroughly and detailed in the present network study. The findings of this study, although they will be cross-sectional and require further examination in studies with temporal data structure, will be an important and interesting starting point giving initial ideas about potential mechanisms that may be involved in use of information sources in pandemics and mental health

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BEHAVIORAL

Cross-sectional study examining the impact of information sources to obtain information about COVID-19 on depression and anxiety symptoms

Cross-sectional study examining the impact of information sources to obtain information about COVID-19 on depression and anxiety symptoms

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Modum Bad

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Oslo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Omid Ebrahimi, Double PhD Candidate · University of Oslo

  • Asle Hoffart, PhD · Modum Bad

  • Sverre Urnes Johnson, PhD · University of Oslo

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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