Measuring Temporal Instability of Momentary Affect, Subjective Health and Symptom Burden Depending on Environmental Parameters—An Ambulatory Assessment Study in Persons with Hay Fever

Bibliographic Data

ID15479267
AuthorsTim Rostalski (Universitätsmedizin Greifswald), Silke Schmidt (0000-0002-4194-1937, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald), Holger Muehlan (0000-0001-8048-5682, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume18
Issue2
Pages406-406
Publication date2021-01-06
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph18020406
PMID33419198
OpenAlexW3119966506
LanguageEN
References cited25

Our ambulatory assessment study explores the impact of the weather on the mental well-being of people with increased susceptibility. Participants with hay fever ( n = 28) were assessed three times a day over a period of two weeks. Self-reported assessments covered different indicators of mental well-being, including momentary affect, subjective health as well as symptom burden. Based on tracked time stamps and location information, the data was matched with concurrent observation data from weather stations. We applied multilevel analysis to identify the main effects of selected environmental parameters (temperature, precipitation, wind power, sunshine duration and relative humidity) on all indicators of subjective well-being. Results confirm the main effects of sunshine duration, relative humidity and temperature on momentary affect as well as of sunshine duration, relative humidity and precipitation on subjective health and symptom burden. However, influences of environmental parameters on momentary affect were quite small and do not differ from effects documented in previous research in healthy samples with non-increased susceptibility

Affect (linguistics · Ambulatory · Duration (music · Environmental health · Geography · Hay fever · Mental health · Meteorology · Precipitation · Psychiatry · Relative humidity · Sunshine duration · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Demography · Environmental Science · Medicine · Mental Health Research Topics · Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research · Psychology · Internal Medicine