Quality of life and mental health in children and adolescents during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: results of a two-wave nationwide population-based study

U Ravens-Sieberer, A Kaman, M Erhart, C Otto… - European child & …, 2021 - Springer
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the lives of children and adolescents
worldwide. The German COPSY study is among the first population-based longitudinal …

[HTML][HTML] An 8-week self-administered at-home behavioral skills-based virtual reality program for chronic low back pain: double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled …

LM Garcia, BJ Birckhead, P Krishnamurthy… - Journal of medical …, 2021 - jmir.org
Background Chronic low back pain is the most prevalent chronic pain condition worldwide
and access to behavioral pain treatment is limited. Virtual reality (VR) is an immersive …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence of human-level bonds established with a digital conversational agent: cross-sectional, retrospective observational study

A Darcy, J Daniels, D Salinger, P Wicks… - JMIR Formative …, 2021 - formative.jmir.org
Background There are far more patients in mental distress than there is time available for
mental health professionals to support them. Although digital tools may help mitigate this …

Workplace factors associated with mental health of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: an international cross-sectional study

A Khajuria, W Tomaszewski, Z Liu, J Chen… - BMC Health Services …, 2021 - Springer
Background The association of workplace factors on mental health of healthcare workers
(HCWs) during the COVID-19 pandemic needs to be urgently established. This will enable …

Mental health and loneliness in the German general population during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to a representative pre-pandemic assessment

ME Beutel, N Hettich, M Ernst, G Schmutzer… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
During the pandemic, the extent of subsequent mental health strains is an important issue. A
representative face-to-face survey was conducted to assess mental health consequences in …

Anxiety and depression in a sample of UK college students: a study of prevalence, comorbidity, and quality of life

PE Jenkins, I Ducker, R Gooding, M James… - Journal of American …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Objective This study sought to estimate the prevalence of depression and anxiety in UK
college students and examine associations between mental health symptoms and quality of …

Social support and optimism as protective factors for mental health among 7765 healthcare workers in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic: results of the VOICE …

C Schug, E Morawa, F Geiser, N Hiebel… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting mental health worldwide, particularly
among healthcare workers (HCWs). Risk and protective factors for depression and …

[HTML][HTML] Consuming information related to COVID-19 on social media among older adults and its association with anxiety, social trust in information, and COVID-safe …

FHC Wong, T Liu, DKY Leung, AY Zhang… - Journal of medical …, 2021 - jmir.org
Background COVID-19-related information on social media is overabundant and sometimes
questionable, resulting in an “infodemic” during the pandemic. While previous studies …

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexual behaviors: Findings from a national survey in the United States

N Gleason, S Banik, J Braverman… - The Journal of Sexual …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Studies from the first months of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic and the resulting lockdown and social distancing measures have shown that …

Psychological distress in the face of a pandemic: An observational study characterizing the impact of COVID-19 on immigrant outpatient mental health

RA Serafini, SK Powell, JJ Frere, A Saali, HL Krystal… - Psychiatry …, 2021 - Elsevier
Undocumented immigrants have disproportionately suffered during the novel coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic due to factors including limited medical access and …