What is the impact of worries and expectations on COVID-19 symptoms? medrxivpreprint NIH COVID19 SARSCoV2 Symptoms Worry Expectation
By Suchandrima BhowmikFeb 1 2023Reviewed by Aimee Molineux Coronavirus Disease 2019 is one of the greatest public health challenges of this millennium. Quarantine measures, changes to society and lifestyle, and uncertainty about the future have led COVID-19 to have a significant psychosocial impact similar to previous pandemics. Worry about health has increased during the past H1N1 Influenza and Ebola virus pandemic.
About the study The study was carried out online and involved the recruitment of participants through emails, postings on listservs, social media ads, flyers, clinicaltrial.gov, as well as word of mouth. The enrolment of participants took place from 4th April to 1st November 2020. All participants were followed up for six months. Participants who tested positive at any time during the study were excluded.
Study findings The results indicated that 3,027 eligible participants were included in the study, out of which 518 were men, 2,487 were women, and 1 percent did not report their biological sex. Most of the participants were Caucasian with a mean age of 47.17. Participants who reported greater general worry were observed to have more symptoms on average. Younger participants and females were reported to show more symptoms.
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