Psychological consequences of COVID-19 home confinement: The ECLB-COVID19 multicenter study

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240204
• Publication Date: 2020-11-05T18:29:02Z
• Authors: Achraf Ammar; Patrick Mueller; Khaled Trabelsi; Hamdi Chtourou; Omar Boukhris; Liwa Masmoudi; Bassem Bouaziz; Michael Brach; Marlen Schmicker; Ellen Bentlage; Daniella How; Mona Ahmed; Asma Aloui; Omar Hammouda; Laisa Liane Paine...; Annemarie Braakma...; Christian Wrede; Sophia Bastoni; Carlos Soares Per...; Leonardo Jose Mat...; Morteza Taheri; Khadijeh Irandoust; Aïmen Khacharem; Nicola L. Bragazzi; Jad Adrian Washif; Jordan M. Glenn; Nicholas T. Bott; Faiez Gargouri; Lotfi Chaari; Hadj Batatia; Samira C. khoshnami; Evangelia Samara; Vasiliki Zisi; Parasanth Sankar; Waseem N. Ahmed; Gamal Mohamed Ali; Osama Abdelkarim; Mohamed Jarraya; Kais El Abed; Mohamed Romdhani; Nizar Souissi; Lisette Van Gemer...; Stephen J. Bailey; Wassim Moalla; Jonathan Gómez-Raja; Monique Epstein; Robbert Sanderman; Sebastian Schulz; Achim Jerg; Ramzi Al-Horani; Taysir Mansi; Mohamed Jmail; Fernando Barbosa; Fernando Ferreira...; Boštjan Šimunič; Rado Pišot; Andrea Gaggioli; Piotr Zmijewski; Jürgen M. Steinacker; Jana Strahler; Laurel Riemann; Bryan L. Riemann; Notger Mueller; Karim Chamari; Tarak Driss; Anita Hoekelmann
• Keywords: Pandemic; 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak

Public health recommendations and government measures during the COVID-19 pandemic have enforced restrictions on daily-living. While these are imperative to abate spreading of COVID-19, impact mental emotional wellbeing is undefined. Therefore, an international online survey (ECLB-COVID19) was launched April 6, 2020 in seven languages elucidate wellbeing.