The Influence of the Big Five Personality Factors on Mental Health Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Study.

The Big Five personality factors (PF) are considered to be predictive of mental health problems, but it is unclear if these factors equally contributed to mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to before the pandemic. This prospective study aimed to fill this knowledge gap. For this purpose data was extracted from the population-based LISS-panel.

Impact of COVID-19 on psychological distress in subsequent stages of the pandemic: The role of received social support.

This longitudinal study examined a sample of adult Poles (N = 1245), who were interviewed three times from July 2021 to August 2022, during the later stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study had two primary objectives. The first was to assess the impact of the pandemic on psychological distress, measured through symptoms of depression and anxiety.

Patient and public involvement in the development of the digital tool MyBoT to support communication between young people with a chronic condition and care providers.

Introduction: To guide good practices in patient and public involvement (PPI), several calls have been made to share detailed accounts of practical experiences. We describe our collaboration with young people with a chronic condition (YPCC) in the development, testing and implementation of the digital communication tool MyBoT (Map your Burden of Treatment).

Methods: MyBoT was developed by a team of academic researchers, some of whom were practising care providers, YPCC and designers.

Let Us Talk Treatment: Using a Digital Body Map Tool to Examine Treatment Burden and Coping Strategies Among Young People with a Chronic Condition.

Purpose: Treatment for a chronic condition can pose a heavy burden on young people and affect their quality of life. The present study examined young people's experiences with treatment burden and their coping strategies.

Patients And Methods: The body mapping method was employed, in which a life-sized outline of someone's body is traced and populated with visual representations, symbols and words.

Between Care and Control: Examining Surveillance Practices in Harm Reduction.

As harm reduction programs and services proliferate, people who use drugs (PWUD) are increasingly subjected to surveillance through the collection of their personal information, systematic observation, and other means. The data generated from these practices are frequently repurposed across various institutional sites for clinical, evaluative, epidemiological, and administrative uses. Rationales provided for increased surveillance include the more effective provision of care, service optimization, risk stratification, and efficiency in resource allocation.