Publications by authors named "K Lackner"
Background: Loneliness has become a major public health issue of the recent decades due to its severe impact on health and mortality. Little is known about the relation between loneliness and social anxiety. This study aimed (1) to explore levels of loneliness and social anxiety in the general population, and (2) to assess whether and how loneliness affects symptoms of social anxiety and vice versa over a period of five years.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Previous studies have found adverse effects on mental health following infection with SARS-CoV-2. This study investigates whether mental health is also impaired in unknowingly infected individuals. In addition, the relevance of the severity of the infection and the time since the onset of infection were analyzed.
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- This study aimed to explore how changes in systemic medication relate to intraocular pressure (IOP) in a large population in Germany.
- Researchers analyzed data from the Gutenberg Health Study, measuring IOP and recording medication changes over a five-year period in thousands of participants.
- Results showed that starting selective beta-blockers reduced IOP, while stopping them increased it; other medications' effects on IOP appeared linked to accompanying drugs or blood pressure changes.
Age-related cognitive decline has become an increasingly relevant public health issue. However, risk and protective factors of cognitive decline have yet to be investigated prospectively taking into account genetic, lifestyle, physical and mental health factors. Population-based data from middle-aged (40 to 59 years; N = 2,764) and older individuals (60 to 80 years; N = 1,254) were drawn from a prospective community cohort study using the Tower of London (TOL) planning task.
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