Veränderung der psychischen Belastung in der COVID-19-Pandemie in Deutschland: Ängste, individuelles Verhalten und die Relevanz von Information sowie Vertrauen in Behörden

Skoda, Eva-Maria; Spura, Anke; Bock, Freia De; Schweda, Adam; Dörrie, Nora; Fink, Madeleine; Musche, Venja; Weismüller, Benjamin; Benecke, Anke; Kohler, Hannah; Junne, Florian; Graf, Johanna; Bäuerle, Alexander; Teufel, Martin

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“…COVID-19-related fear was assessed by the item: "I worry about COVID-19" (see Bäuerle et al, 2020a,b;Hetkamp et al, 2020;Musche et al, 2020;Skoda et al, 2020Skoda et al, , 2021Weismüller et al, 2020;Schweda et al, 2021). Answers were given on a 7point Likert scale ranging from "1 = strongly disagree" to "7 = strongly agree."…”

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“…Many research studies focus on calls for solidarity and social distancing to face the massive impact of the virus on people all over the world (Raygoza, 2020;Ruijter et al, 2020). Differences in the current pandemic safety behavior could be identified: a more adherent behavior or recommended preventive behavior (Musche et al, 2020), such as social distancing and handwashing, and a dysfunctional behavior, e.g., hoarding and stockpiling (Garbe et al, 2020;Weismüller et al, 2020;Schweda et al, 2021). These differences between people can have various reasons (Flowers et al, 2014) reported that psychosocial determinants (e.g., cognitions and identity) and sociocultural determinants (e.g., social context and capacity) impact pandemic behavior in the context of an influenza pandemic.…”

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COVID-19-Fear Affects Current Safety Behavior Mediated by Neuroticism—Results of a Large Cross-Sectional Study in Germany

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Objectives: Although many research studies concerning changes in personality and behavior in time of COVID-19 pandemic emerged, important questions still have not been answered. This study with a large sample aimed to give insights into the impact of personality on pandemic fear and behavior by investigating the Big Five traits, COVID-19-fear, and associated behavioral changes in a large German-speaking sample.Methods: About 14,048 healthy respondents (65.5% female, 34.2% male, and 0.32% other gender/gender queer; range = 18–85 years, median age 35–44 years) participated in the survey during the COVID-19 pandemic. Two scales, “adherent” safety behavior (ASB, α = 0.857) and “dysfunctional” safety behavior (DSB, α = 0.876), three items each, measured pandemic-associated behavior. The Big Five Inventory-10 (BFI-10) tested personality traits.Results: While ASB correlated negatively with extraversion (rho = −0.053, ≤ 0.001), the other four traits were positively associated, with the highest association for neuroticism (rho = 0.116, ≤ 0.001), whereas neuroticism showed a positive correlation (rho = 0.142, ≤ 0.001) with DSB, extraversion (rho = −0.042, ≤ 0.001), agreeableness (rho = −0.028, ≤ 0.001), and conscientiousness (rho = −0.025, ≤ 0.001) correlated negatively with it. Regression analyses showed a small extent of the effect of personality traits. Moreover, neuroticism mediated the association between COVID-19-fear and DSB (positive-directed).Conclusions: Even though our results on correlations between personality, pandemic fear, and related behavior are in line with the existing literature studies, the analyses clearly show that the impact of personality traits, including neuroticism, on pandemic behavior is very small. Rather, pandemic fear has a much larger influence on the safety behavior mediated through neuroticism. Further studies should bear in mind that personality traits can not only have influencing effects but also mediating effects.

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“…Außerdem besteht ein positiver Zusammenhang zwischen der Zufriedenheit der Befragten mit politischen Entscheidungen hinsichtlich der COVID-19-Pandemie [ 10 ] sowie der wahrgenommenen Angemessenheit der Infektionsschutzmaßnahmen [ 7 ] und der Bereitschaft zur COVID-19-Impfung. Sowohl die Motivation, sich zum Thema COVID-19 zu informieren, als auch das Vertrauen in staatliche Maßnahmen stiegen in der Allgemeinbevölkerung von März bis Juli 2020 zunächst, sanken dann jedoch im Verlauf dieses Zeitraumes wieder [ 20 ]. Auch das Vertrauen in Institutionen wie das Robert Koch-Institut, das unter anderem mit höherer Akzeptanz von Infektionsschutzmaßnahmen einherging, sank im Verlauf der ersten Pandemiemonate leicht [ 21 ].…”

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Bereitschaft zur COVID-19-Impfung unter Beschäftigten im Gesundheitswesen in Deutschland

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Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Die COVID-19-Pandemie stellt eine anhaltende Belastung für die Gesellschaft und das Gesundheitssystem dar. Die Bereitschaft des Gesundheitspersonals zur COVID-19-Impfung ist aufgrund seiner Schlüsselrolle in der Pandemiebewältigung besonders relevant. Ziel der Arbeit Die Studie untersuchte die Impfbereitschaft des Gesundheitspersonals in Deutschland in Abhängigkeit von soziodemografischen, berufsbezogenen und COVID-19-spezifischen Merkmalen sowie psychischer Gesundheit. Methoden Zwischen November 2020 und Januar 2021 wurden 6217 Beschäftigte im deutschen Gesundheitswesen mithilfe der Onlinebefragung VOICE im Rahmen des Netzwerks Universitätsmedizin (NUM) zu ihrer Impfbereitschaft, ihren soziodemografischen, berufsbezogenen, COVID-19-spezifischen und psychosozialen Daten befragt. Ergebnisse Die Impfbereitschaft der Stichprobe lag bei 65,3 %. Mit einer höheren Impfbereitschaft assoziiert waren: männliches Geschlecht, Alter > 40 Jahre, keine Kinder und keinen Migrationshintergrund zu haben, keine Tätigkeit in der direkten Patientenversorgung, Zugehörigkeit zu einer COVID-19-Risikogruppe, Zugehörigkeit zur Berufsgruppe der Ärztinnen und Ärzte und der Psychologinnen und Psychologen im Vergleich mit den Pflegekräften, ausreichende Informiertheit über COVID-19 und der wahrgenommene Schutz durch die Maßnahmen nationaler/lokaler Behörden und des Arbeitgebers, Angst vor Infektion sowie keine Anzeichen von Depression. Die höchste Impfbereitschaft zeigten Ärztinnen und Ärzte. Diskussion Die Bereitschaft zur COVID-19-Impfung im Gesundheitswesen war im beschriebenen Zeitraum insgesamt als mäßig einzuschätzen. Informationen über die Krankheit und Impfung, vor allem für jüngere, weibliche und nichtärztliche Beschäftigte, angemessene Schutzmaßnahmen und die Prävention depressiver Symptome könnten die Impfbereitschaft erhöhen.

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“…A strong point of this study is its time of assessment, as it was conducted shortly after the rst lock-down in Germany, which can be considered an early stage of the pandemic. Nevertheless, it might also be essential to assess the impact of the pandemic on mental health of diabetes patients at a different stage of the pandemic, as recent literature has shown that psychological burden and COVID-19-related fear varies between different periods of the pandemic [51,52]. Hence, the time of study participation might impact self-reported data.…”

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Mental Health Burden of Patients With Diabetes Before And After The Outbreak of COVID-19: Predictors of Mental Health Impairment

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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting people’s mental health worldwide. Patients with diabetes are at risk for a severe course when infected with SARS-CoV-2. The present study aims to retrospectively examine mental health changes in patients with diabetes in Germany before and after the COVID-19 outbreak, and to furthermore explore potential predictors of such changes.Methods: Over the course of eight weeks in early summer 2020, 253 individuals diagnosed with diabetes participated in an online cross-sectional study. Participants completed an anonymous survey including demographics, depression (PHQ-2) and generalized anxiety symptoms (GAD-2), distress (DT), and health status (EQ-5D-3L). In addition, all instruments used were adjusted to measure participants’ mental health and health status before the COVID-19 outbreak. Additionally examined factors were COVID-19-related fear, trust in governmental actions to face the pandemic, and the subjective level of information about COVID-19.Results: This study shows a significant increase in prevalence of depression symptoms, generalized anxiety symptoms and distress, as well as significantly decreased health statuses in diabetes patients after the COVID-19 outbreak. Increased depression symptoms, generalized anxiety symptoms and distress were predicted by COVID-19-related fear, whereas trust in governmental actions to face COVID-19 predicted higher depression symptoms.Conclusions: The results indicate a negative impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on mental health and health status in patients with diabetes. In order to improve the efficacy of psychological support strategies for diabetes patients during the pandemic, possible predictors of mental health impairment such as the aforementioned should be examined more thoroughly and addressed more openly.

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Veränderung der psychischen Belastung in der COVID-19-Pandemie in Deutschland: Ängste, individuelles Verhalten und die Relevanz von Information sowie Vertrauen in Behörden

Cited by 57 publications

References 45 publications

COVID-19-Fear Affects Current Safety Behavior Mediated by Neuroticism—Results of a Large Cross-Sectional Study in Germany

COVID-19-Fear Affects Current Safety Behavior Mediated by Neuroticism—Results of a Large Cross-Sectional Study in Germany

Bereitschaft zur COVID-19-Impfung unter Beschäftigten im Gesundheitswesen in Deutschland

Mental Health Burden of Patients With Diabetes Before And After The Outbreak of COVID-19: Predictors of Mental Health Impairment

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