id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-310540-pnb8sr58 Novotny, J. S. Association between stress and depressive symptoms and the Covid-19 pandemic 2020-07-29 .txt text/plain 3676 246 53 Conclusions: This population-based longitudinal study showed that Covid-19 related measures had significant impact on mental health in a general population with the feeling of loneliness identified as the biggest risk factor. This hypothesis is further corroborated by recent position papers on the impact of Covid-19 on global mental health (19, 20) , which noted that large majority of studies to date reported largely cross-sectional data from different convenience samples, which do not critically measure changes in various psychological symptoms in response to Covid-19. The e-questionnaire consisted in demographic characteristics, response to how Covid-19 related government measures affected their daily life and habits, including their experience with quarantine and the use of personal protective equipment, their current medical status (in the Supplement pp [2] [3] [4] [5] and psychological questionnaires evaluating stress, depressive symptoms, loneliness, and illness perception. ./cache/cord-310540-pnb8sr58.txt ./txt/cord-310540-pnb8sr58.txt