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.
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.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
441
University of Szeged Department of Dermatology and Allergology
Szeged, Hungary
sociodemopraphic factors
6 items - age, sex, city of residence, marital status, level of education, employment status
Time frame: 5 months
perceived stress
Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), 10 items about thoughts and feelings that characterize a person's perception of stress
Time frame: 5 months
level of anxiety
The General Anxiety Disorder Assessment GAD-2, 2 items to examine the level of anxiety
Time frame: 5 months
self-reported health state
EQ5D-VAS, 1 item to examine health status
Time frame: 5 months
number of complaints
Self-administered inventory of complaints (Hungarian questionnaire), 20 items to measure number of complaints.
Time frame: 5 months
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
Time frame: 5 months
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).
Time frame: 5 months
level of depression
The Patient Health Questionnaire PHQ-2, 2 items to examine the level of depression
Time frame: 5 months
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