Department of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States of America.
Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2021 Aug 13;16(8):e0255399. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255399. eCollection 2021.
Along with the major impact on public health, the COVID-19 outbreak has caused unprecedented concerns ranging from sudden loss of employment to mental stress and anxiety. We implemented a survey-based data collection platform to characterize how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the socio-economic, physical and mental health conditions of individuals. We focused on three broad areas, namely, changes in social interaction during home confinement, economic impact and their health status. We identified a substantial increase in virtual interaction among individuals, which might be a way to alleviate the sudden unprecedented mental health burden, exacerbated by general awareness about viral infections or other manifestations associated with them. The majority of participants (85%) lived with one or more companions and unemployment issues did not affect 91% of the total survey takers, which was one of the crucial consequences of the pandemic. Nevertheless, measures such as an increased frequency of technology-aided distant social interaction, focus on physical fitness and leisure activities were adopted as coping mechanisms during this period of home isolation. Collectively, these metrics provide a succinct and informative summary of the socio-economic and health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the individuals. Findings from our study reflect that continuous surveillance of the psychological consequences for outbreaks should become routine as part of preparedness efforts worldwide. Given the limitations of analyzing the large number of variables, we have made the raw data publicly available on the OMF ME/CFS Data Center server to facilitate further analyses (https://igenomed.stanford.edu/dataset/survey-study-on-lifestyle-changes-during-covid-19-pandemic).
随着 COVID-19 对公共卫生造成的重大影响，这场疫情引起了前所未有的关注，包括突然失业、精神压力和焦虑等问题。我们实施了一项基于调查的数据分析平台，以了解 COVID-19 疫情如何影响个人的社会经济、身体和心理健康状况。我们关注了三个广泛的领域，即居家隔离期间社会互动的变化、经济影响及其健康状况。我们发现，个人之间的虚拟互动显著增加，这可能是缓解因普遍意识到病毒感染或与之相关的其他表现而突然加剧的前所未有的精神健康负担的一种方式。大多数参与者（85%）与一个或多个同伴一起生活，失业问题并未影响到总调查人数的 91%，这是疫情的关键后果之一。然而，在此期间，人们采取了一些措施作为应对机制，如增加技术辅助的远程社交互动频率、关注身体健康和休闲活动。这些指标共同提供了一个简洁而有信息量的关于 COVID-19 对个人的社会经济和健康影响的概述。我们的研究结果反映出，持续监测疫情对心理的影响应该成为全球准备工作的常规内容。鉴于分析大量变量的局限性，我们已经将原始数据在 OMF ME/CFS 数据中心服务器上公开，以促进进一步的分析（https://igenomed.stanford.edu/dataset/survey-study-on-lifestyle-changes-during-covid-19-pandemic）。
