Evaluation of citizens’ psychological distress and their perception of the effectiveness and restrictiveness of national measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 epidemic in different countries
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (Coordinator)
Irina Georgieva, BSc, MSc, PhD
Psychologist, Lecturer
New Bulgarian University
Sofia, Bulgaria
irinageorgieva@hotmail.com
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (in Finland)
Tella Lantta, RN, PhD
Postdoctoral researcher (Academy of Finland)
tella.lantta@utu.fi
+358 50 4756068
AIM
- To assess citizens’ psychological distress and their perception of the effectiveness and restrictiveness of the national preventive measures related to the coronavirus epidemic in different countries
CONTENT
- Online- survey to general public
IMPLICATIONS
- Insight on how citizens perceive national and international health policies and how these policies impact their mental health
- Knowledge to help policy makers to respond with the least restrictive and most effective measures to prevent future pandemics
COLLABORATORS
- Prof. Peter Lepping, Professor of Psychiatry at BCULHB, Bangor University, Mysore Medical College, and Research Institute, England
- Prof. Raveesh B N, Professor & Head Department of Psychiatry Government Medical College, Mysore, India
- Dr. Jakub Lickiewicz, Assistant Professor at the Department of Health Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College Krakow, Poland
- Dr. Jaroslav Pekara, Medical College in Prague, Czech Republic
- Dr. Sofia Wikman, Universitetslektor, Fil.Dr, Docent, Högskolan i Gävle, Sweden
- Dr. Marina Loseviča, Psychiatrist, Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
- Dr. Adriana Mihai, Associate Professor in Psychiatry at University of Medicine and Pharmacy Targu Mures, Romania
FUNDERS
COVID-19 Fast Track Funding, EOSCsecretariat.eu under the European Union’s Horizon Programme call H2020
Publications
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8038651/
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/9/6/664