PMC:7262525 / 5554-8898 JSONTXT 10 Projects

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T40 0-10 Sentence denotes 2 Methods
T41 12-40 Sentence denotes 2.1 Participants and design
T42 41-108 Sentence denotes Three methods were used to assess changes in responses to COVID-19.
T43 109-368 Sentence denotes First, website visits and call centre traffic were compared across two time periods; the “comparison period” from 1 September 2019 to 28 September 2019, and the “COVID-19 period” from 19 March 2020 to 15 April 2020 (during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia).
T44 369-569 Sentence denotes The comparison period was selected based on analyses indicating it represented a ‘typical’ month of service delivery prior to severe bushfires experienced across Australia in late 2019 and early 2020.
T45 570-843 Sentence denotes The “COVID-19 period” represented the period of rapid growth in numbers of confirmed cases in Australia (from 691 on 19 March to 6447 on 15 April 2020) and coincided with the introduction of specific questions about the impact of COVID-19 in the MindSpot online assessment.
T46 844-903 Sentence denotes Data from the website was extracted using Google Analytics.
T47 904-973 Sentence denotes Call centre volume was examined using records and management reports.
T48 974-1145 Sentence denotes Second, demographic and symptom data for patients who started an assessment during the comparison period (n = 1650) and the early COVID-19 period (n = 1668) were compared.
T49 1146-1305 Sentence denotes Third, responses to questions about the impact of COVID-19 introduced to the assessment from 19 March 2020, and reports from treating therapists were examined.
T50 1306-1414 Sentence denotes All participants gave consent for their results to be used for quality assurance and development activities.
T51 1415-1548 Sentence denotes Ethical approval for collection of this data was obtained from the Macquarie University Human Research Ethics Committee (5201200912).
T52 1550-1563 Sentence denotes 2.2 Measures
T53 1564-1710 Sentence denotes Demographic details were recorded as described in other reports (Titov et al., 2015; Titov et al., 2017; Titov et al., submitted for publication).
T54 1711-1949 Sentence denotes The symptom measures were scores on the K-10, a measure of psychological distress (Kessler et al., 2002), the GAD7 measuring generalized anxiety (Kroenke et al., 2001), and the PHQ9 measuring symptoms of depression (Spitzer et al., 2006).
T55 1950-2054 Sentence denotes Patients also answered questions about how long they thought they had symptoms of anxiety or depression.
T56 2055-2177 Sentence denotes All patients answered questions about suicidal ideation, plans and intent as described previously (Nielssen et al., 2015).
T57 2178-2292 Sentence denotes On 19 March 2020, several additional questions about the impact of COVID-19 were added to the MindSpot assessment.
T58 2293-2458 Sentence denotes MindSpot therapists were also asked about the concerns raised by patients, in order to develop guidelines to assist MindSpot therapists in addressing those concerns.
T59 2459-2649 Sentence denotes Information about those concerns was derived from an examination of 50 written case summaries prepared by therapists answering telephone calls, completing assessments or providing treatment.
T60 2651-2664 Sentence denotes 2.3 Analyses
T61 2665-2895 Sentence denotes Descriptive analyses of demographic and symptom characteristics were conducted and group differences between the comparison sample and COVID-19 sample were made using ANOVA and chi-square statistics to a significance level of .05.
T62 2896-3045 Sentence denotes Given the increased danger of COVID-19 to older adults, analyses were also conducted examining potential differences between older and younger users.
T63 3046-3229 Sentence denotes Brief thematic analyses were conducted in the COVID-19 sample to examine how their own behaviour had changed in response to COVID-19, and secondly, issues and concerns affecting them.
T64 3230-3344 Sentence denotes Information was derived from semi-automated thematic analysis of responses to the additional assessment questions.