Excessive media consumption about COVID-19 is associated with increased state anxiety: Outcomes of a large online survey in Russia

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dc.contributor.authorNekliudov, Nikita A.
dc.contributor.authorBlyuss, Oleg
dc.contributor.authorCheung, Ka Yan
dc.contributor.authorPetrou, Loukia
dc.contributor.authorGenuneit, Jon
dc.contributor.authorSushentsev, Nikita
dc.contributor.authorLevadnaya, Anna
dc.contributor.authorComberiati, Pasquale
dc.contributor.authorWarner, John O.
dc.contributor.authorTudor-Williams, Gareth
dc.contributor.authorTeufel, Martin
dc.contributor.authorGreenhawt, Matthew
dc.contributor.authorDunnGalvin, Audrey
dc.contributor.authorMunblit, Daniel
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-12T14:52:41Z
dc.date.available2022-09-12T14:52:41Z
dc.date.issued2020-06-02
dc.date.updated2022-09-12T14:26:18Z
dc.description.abstractBackground: The COVID-19 pandemic has potentially had a negative impact on the mental health and well-being of individuals and families. Anxiety levels and risk factors within particular populations are poorly described. Objective: This study aims to evaluate confidence, understanding, trust, concerns, and levels of anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic in the general population and assess risk factors for increased anxiety. Methods: We launched a cross-sectional online survey of a large Russian population between April 6 and 15, 2020, using multiple social media platforms. A set of questions targeted confidence, understanding, trust, and concerns in respondents. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory was used to measure anxiety. Multiple linear regressions were used to model predictors of COVID-19–related anxiety. Results: The survey was completed by 23,756 out of 53,966 (44.0% response rate) unique visitors; of which, 21,364 were residing in 62 areas of Russia. State Anxiety Scale (S-Anxiety) scores were higher than Trait Anxiety Scale scores across all regions of Russia (median S-Anxiety score 52, IQR 44-60), exceeding published norms. Time spent following news on COVID-19 was strongly associated with an increased S-Anxiety adjusted for baseline anxiety level. One to two hours spent reading COVID-19 news was associated with a 5.46 (95% CI 5.03-5.90) point difference, 2-3 hours with a 7.06 (95% CI 6.37-7.74) point difference, and more than three hours with an 8.65 (95% CI 7.82-9.47) point difference, all compared to less than 30 minutes per day. Job loss during the pandemic was another important factor associated with higher S-Anxiety scores (3.95, 95% CI 3.31-4.58). Despite survey respondents reporting high confidence in information regarding COVID-19 as well as an understanding of health care guidance, they reported low overall trust in state and local authorities, and perception of country readiness. Conclusions: Among Russian respondents from multiple social media platforms, there was evidence of higher levels of state anxiety associated with recent job loss and increased news consumption, as well as lower than expected trust in government agencies. These findings can help inform the development of key public health messages to help reduce anxiety and raise perceived trust in governmental response to this current national emergency. Using a similar methodology, comparative surveys are ongoing in other national populations.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.articleide20955en
dc.identifier.citationNekliudov, N. A., Blyuss, O., Cheung, K. Y., Petrou , L., Genuneit, J., Sushentsev, N., Levadnaya, A., Comberiati, P., Warner, J. O., Tudor-Williams, G., Teufel, M., Greenhawt, M., DunnGalvin, A. and Munblit, D. (2020) 'Excessive media consumption about COVID-19 is associated with increased state anxiety: Outcomes of a large online survey in Russia', Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(9), e20955 (18pp). doi: 10.2196/20955en
dc.identifier.doi10.2196/20955en
dc.identifier.eissn1438-8871
dc.identifier.endpage18en
dc.identifier.issued9en
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of Medical Internet Researchen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/13587
dc.identifier.volume22en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherJMIR Publicationsen
dc.rights© 2020, Nikita A Nekliudov, Oleg Blyuss, Ka Yan Cheung, Loukia Petrou, Jon Genuneit, Nikita Sushentsev, Anna Levadnaya, Pasquale Comberiati, John O Warner, Gareth Tudor-Williams, Martin Teufel, Matthew Greenhawt, Audrey DunnGalvin, Daniel Munblit. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (http://www.jmir.org), 11.09.2020. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on http://www.jmir.org/, as well as this copyright and license information must be included.en
dc.subjectAnxietyen
dc.subjectCOVID-19en
dc.subjectMedia consumptionen
dc.subjectMental healthen
dc.subjectSARS-CoV-2en
dc.subjectSocial mediaen
dc.subjectSTAIen
dc.subjectState anxietyen
dc.subjectSurveyen
dc.subjectTrait anxietyen
dc.subjectTrusten
dc.subjectTrust to governmenten
dc.titleExcessive media consumption about COVID-19 is associated with increased state anxiety: Outcomes of a large online survey in Russiaen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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