dc.contributor.author | Norbye, Anja Margrete Davis | |
dc.contributor.author | Farbu, Erlend Hoftun | |
dc.contributor.author | Terjesen, Christoffer Lilja | |
dc.contributor.author | Fleten, Nils | |
dc.contributor.author | Höper, Anje Christina | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-08-15T06:21:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-08-15T06:21:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-05-24 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background<p>
<p>Concerns about disease and an increase in health anxiety levels are expected consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there have been few longitudinal studies of
health anxiety in the general population during this time period. The aim of this study was to
examine health anxiety levels before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in an adult, working population in Norway.
<p>Material and methods
<p>This study included 1012 participants aged 18–70 years with one or more measurements of
health anxiety (1402 measurements total) from the pre-pandemic period (2015 to March 11,
2020) and/or during the COVID-19 pandemic (March 12, 2020 to March 31, 2022). Health
anxiety was measured with the revised version of the Whiteley Index-6 scale (WI-6-R). We
estimated the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on health anxiety scores with a general estimation equation analysis, and age, gender, education, and friendship were included in subgroup analyses.
<p>Results
<p>We found no significant change in health anxiety scores during the COVID-19 pandemic
compared to the pre-pandemic period in our adult, working population. A sensitivity analysis
restricted to participants with two or more measurements showed similar results. Moreover,
the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on health anxiety scores was not significant in any
subgroup analysis.
<p>Conclusion
<p>Health anxiety remained stable, with no significant change observed between the pre-pandemic period and the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic in an adult, working population
in Norway. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Norbye, Farbu, Terjesen, Fleten, Höper. The level of health anxiety before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. PLOS ONE. 2023;18(5) | en_US |
dc.identifier.cristinID | FRIDAID 2154598 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0285799 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10037/29915 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | PLOS | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | PLOS ONE | |
dc.rights.accessRights | openAccess | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | Copyright 2023 The Author(s) | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) | en_US |
dc.title | The level of health anxiety before and during the COVID-19 pandemic | en_US |
dc.type.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.type | Tidsskriftartikkel | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |