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September 2, 2020

The Impact of COVID-19 on Student Experiences and Expectations: Evidence from a Survey. Journal of Public Economics

Among 1,500 undergraduates at Arizona State University, COVID-19 has led to negative effects on students’ current and expected outcomes: 13% have delayed graduation, 40% have lost a job, internship, or job offer, and 29% expect to earn less at age 35. These effects have been highly heterogeneous and followed existing socioeconomic divides. Lower-income students were…


September 1, 2020

COVID-19 Home Confinement Negatively Impacts Social Participation and Life Satisfaction: A Worldwide Multicenter Study

Enforced home confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been linked to psychosocial strain on people worldwide, with participants of a 7-language online survey (n=1,047) reporting that home confinement has triggered large decreases in social activity through family (-58%), friend/neighbors (-44%), or entertainment (-47%), as well as a 31% decrease in life satisfaction. Conversely, participants…


August 31, 2020

I Don’t Want to Go Back: Examining the Return to Physical Workspaces During COVID-19

A survey of people working in the energy sector in the US (n=333) suggested that women, people of color, people living in multi-generational households, and people with childcare concerns were less willing to return to work in person during the continuing COVID-19 pandemic than others. One-fifth of workers surveyed preferred unpaid time off over returning,…


Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health in the General Chinese Population: Changes, Predictors and Psychosocial Correlates

Among 1,390 Chinese citizens who responded to two online surveys taken during two successive waves of COVID-19 infections, fear and stress related to the pandemic decreased significantly, while depression increased significantly. Younger people, people with lower incomes, and people with a recent experience of quarantine due to known or suspected infection all were more likely…


Acceptability of a COVID-19 Vaccine among Adults in the United States: How Many People Would Get Vaccinated?

Sixty-nine percent of respondents to an online survey targeting American adults (n=2,006) were willing to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Participants were more likely to get vaccinated if they thought their healthcare provider would recommend vaccination (RR=1.73) or if they described their political affiliation as moderate (RR=1.09) or liberal (RR=1.14) compared to people who identified as…


August 28, 2020

Fear and Avoidance of Healthcare Workers: An Important, under-Recognized Form of Stigmatization during the COVID-19 Pandemic

An online survey of a random sample of adults from the US and Canada who were not healthcare workers (HCWs) (n=3,551) found that over a quarter of respondents believed that restrictions should placed on HCWs, such as being isolated from their communities and families, and over a third of respondents avoided HCWs for fear of…


August 27, 2020

Early Pregnancy Mood before and during COVID-19 Community Restrictions among Women of Low Socioeconomic Status in New York City

Women living in low socioeconomic status in New York City showed an improvement in mood in following the implementation of social restrictions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Of 488 women who attended their first prenatal appointment between February 3 and June 12, 2020 at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, an improvement in…


A Cross-Sectional Survey of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Associated with COVID-19 among Undergraduate Students in China

A survey of 872 undergraduates from 10 universities in Shanxi, China found that most students were well informed about COVID-19 and exhibited positive attitudes and practices during the outbreak in February. The authors attribute this to effective health education that was delivered through massive public education campaigns. Peng et al. (Aug 26, 2020). A Cross-Sectional…


Quarantine Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic From the Perspective of Pediatric Patients With Type 1 Diabetes: A Web-Based Survey

Based on a web-based survey of 204 pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes, a majority of children and adolescents living with type 1 diabetes were able to comply with the landmarks of the management of diabetes (i.e., healthy and balanced diet, regular physical activity and careful glucose monitoring) during quarantine. Younger children (age ≤12 years)…


COVID-19 Impacts Mental Health Outcomes and Ability/Desire to Participate in Research Among Current Research Participants. Obesity

A survey of adults enrolled in health-related research (n=250; >50% enrolled in a behavioral weight loss intervention) found that participants with moderate anxiety/depression and severe distress related to COVID-19 were more likely to report decreased desire to participate in research. Among 147 participants (59%) engaged in behavioral interventions, those who perceived COVID-19 as a moderate/severe…



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