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Purpose

The overall goal of this study is to evaluate the association of quarantine measures for COVID-19 and perceived anxiety, stigma and loneliness and to evaluate the efficacy of interventions in reducing anxiety, loneliness and perception of stigma induced by self-isolation during the outbreak. Specific Aims: In the proposed study, participants will include members of the United States general population who will be randomly assigned to either (a) a vignette to learn about the COVID-19 outbreak, (b) a vignette to learn about the COVID-19 outbreak AND a video aimed at encouraging the use of a digital device (i.e. not in person contact) to meet with friends, (c) a vignette to learn about the COVID-19 outbreak AND a video aimed at sensitizing participants to COVID-19 related stigma, (d) Control arm. Web-based self-report questionnaires will be conducted to compare interventions and control groups. The short and low-cost online module will allow recruitment of a large sample of people. Hypotheses: (1) the video-based intervention groups will demonstrate lower rates of anxiety and loneliness than vignette and control groups, (2) the video-based group that presents an individual with COVID-19 will demonstrate lower rate of stigma than other groups.

Conditions

Eligibility

Eligible Ages
Between 18 Years and 70 Years
Eligible Genders
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Inclusion Criteria

  • At least 18 years old - Younger than 70 years old - United States resident

Exclusion Criteria

  • Less than 18 years old

Study Design

Phase
N/A
Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Factorial Assignment
Primary Purpose
Prevention
Masking
None (Open Label)

Arm Groups

ArmDescriptionAssigned Intervention
Placebo Comparator
Informational sheet (IS) 		participant receives an informational sheet about COVID-19
  • Behavioral: Informational sheet
    An informational sheet to learn about the COVID-19 outbreak (standard).
    Other names:
    • Vignette
Active Comparator
IS + Video Solo 		participants an informational sheet about COVID-19 and a 90 seconds video aimed at sensitizing participants to COVID-19 related stigma
  • Behavioral: Informational sheet
    An informational sheet to learn about the COVID-19 outbreak (standard).
    Other names:
    • Vignette
  • Behavioral: Stigma awareness video intervention
    A video aimed at sensitizing participants to COVID-19 related stigma. A COVID-19 + individual share their experience.
Active Comparator
IS + Video Friends 		participants an informational sheet about COVID-19 and a 150 seconds video aimed at encouraging the use of a digital device (i.e. not in person contact) to meet with friends.
  • Behavioral: Digital social activity video intervention
    A 150 seconds video aimed at encouraging the use of a digital device (i.e. not in person contact) to meet with friends during the COVID-19 pandemic. Two friends meet via zoom instead of in person and share their experiencing supporting each other.
  • Behavioral: Informational sheet
    An informational sheet to learn about the COVID-19 outbreak (standard).
    Other names:
    • Vignette
No Intervention
Control 		No intervention

Recruiting Locations

More Details

NCT ID
NCT04734171
Status
Completed
Sponsor
Columbia University

Detailed Description

Currently, the world is experiencing a Coronavirus outbreak, COVID-19, which originated in mainland China in December 2019, spread rapidly to South Korea and Europe, Italy in particular, between January and March of 2020 and is currently spreading in all continents and has been recognized as a pandemic. It is of high importance to monitor how the trends in COVID-19 outbreak are shaping the social contexts and norms across communities and families. In a time in which individuals all over the world are experiencing quarantine, it is important to evaluate the potential surge of the phenomena of social anxiety, stigma, and of perceived fear and loneliness. Furthermore, it is critical to study interventions that aim to reduce each of these. The overall goal of this study is to evaluate the association of quarantine measures for COVID-19 and perceived anxiety, stigma and loneliness and to evaluate the efficacy of interventions in reducing anxiety, loneliness and perception of stigma induced by self-isolation during the outbreak. The hypotheses will be tested using ANOVA and multinomial logistic regressions. An alpha level of 0.01 will be used to account for multiple testing.

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