Social participation during the COVID-19 pandemic in persons with a high risk for a severe course of COVID-19 – results of a longitudinal, multi-center observational study in Germany

OBJECTIVE: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected how people go about their daily lives, often in various and substantial ways. This study aims to prospectively evaluate the changes in social participation during the COVID-19 pandemic in persons with a high risk for a severe COVID-19 course in Germany....

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Autores principales: Schröder, Dominik, Müllenmeister, Christina, Heinemann, Stephanie, Hummers, Eva, Klawonn, Frank, Vahldiek, Kai, Dopfer-Jablonka, Alexandra, Steffens, Sandra, Mikuteit, Marie, Niewolik, Jacqueline, Overbeck, Tobias R., Kallusky, Jonathan, Königs, Gloria, Heesen, Gloria, Schmachtenberg, Tim, Müller, Frank
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Routledge 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10461510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37645515
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2023.2249534
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected how people go about their daily lives, often in various and substantial ways. This study aims to prospectively evaluate the changes in social participation during the COVID-19 pandemic in persons with a high risk for a severe COVID-19 course in Germany. METHODS: A paper-pencil-based survey was conducted starting at March 2021. Participants filled out questionnaires at four time points based on their COVID-19 vaccination status: before COVID-19 vaccination, one month, six months and twelve months after COVID-19 vaccination. Social participation measures included the Pandemic Social Participation Questionnaire (PSP-Q) and the Index for measuring participation restrictions (IMET). Repeated measures ANOVA and paired t-test were used to test for changes between time-points. Repeated measures correlation was used to assess the relationship between social participation and local COVID-19 incidences. RESULTS: Data from 245 participants was analyzed before and one month after COVID-19 vaccination. In addition, data from 156 participants was analyzed at time points one, six and twelve months after COVID-19. PSP-Q and IMET scores changed significantly after participants received a COVID-19 vaccination. Between one month and twelve months after vaccination, social participation improved significantly measured by PSP-Q. Social participation was negatively correlated with regional COVID-19 incidences before and after COVID-19 vaccination. Social participation was positively correlated with COVID-19 incidences between one month and twelve months after COVID-19 vaccination. CONCLUSIONS: Social participation improved in persons with a high risk for a severe COVID-19 course during the pandemic. The local COVID-19 incidence showed a negative association with social participation only until the fall of 2021 when it was used as the sole metric to regulate COVID-19 protective measures. Although our data describes the trends in social participation, further studies are needed to identify the influencing factors for the observed increase in social participation.

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