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ArticleScientific data2026

Longitudinal mental health data collected via the Corona Health smartphone app during COVID-19.

Michael Winter, Carsten Vogel, Johannes Schobel, Miriam Schlüter, Harald Baumeister, Yannik Terhorst, Winfried Schlee, Berthold Langguth, Peter Heuschmann, Caroline Cohrdes and 1 more

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Article in Scientific data, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Michael WinterInstitute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany. michael.winter@uni-wuerzburg.de.
Carsten VogelInstitute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Johannes SchobelInstitute DigiHealth, Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences, Neu-Ulm, Germany.
Miriam SchlüterInstitute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Harald BaumeisterDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
Yannik TerhorstDepartment Psychologie, LMU München, Munich, Germany.
Winfried SchleeInstitute for Information and Process Management, Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Berthold LangguthDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
Peter HeuschmannInstitute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Caroline Cohrdes *Department 2 Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Rüdiger Pryss *Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.

Funding

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research 01KX2021
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mental health impacts during the COVID-19 pandemic underscored the importance of real-time assessment methods to capture population-level changes (e.g., longitudinal changes in quality of life). This dataset contains questionnaire responses collected with the Corona Health app, a multilingual mHealth app available on Android and iOS platforms. The dataset includes baseline from 2,704 participants (i.e., adults aged 18 years and older, living in Germany) and 11,541 repeated ecological momentary assessment (EMA) responses, providing longitudinal mental health data throughout various phases during the pandemic period (i.e., data collected between July, 2020 and January, 2025). The questionnaires assessed domains such as quality of life, psychological well-being, coping mechanisms, and pandemic-related concerns. In addition to questionnaire responses, the dataset includes sensor data such as GPS location information and app usage statistics collected with participant consent. The described dataset enables researchers to examine mental health trajectories during and after COVID-19, analyze relationships between psychological factors and pandemic experiences, and investigate patterns in longitudinal mental health data.

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COVID-19Mental HealthMobile ApplicationsSmartphoneAdaptation, PsychologicalAdolescentAdultDigital HealthEcological Momentary AssessmentFemaleGermanyHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedPandemics

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PMID41813698
PMCPMC12992553

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