Psychological wellbeing during the lockdown in Italy: a multicenter study project in the age of COVID-19

Pandemic of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) had been damaging the Italian community. The widespread use of quarantine is having the desired impact of controlling the epidemic, although presents many psychological consequences. To date, compliance of the Italian public with voluntary home quarantine has been very high, but little is known about the impact of mental health during the pandemic. The purposes of this research project is to assess the dimensions of psychological wellbeing in the general population during the national lockdown and the potential factors that contribute to, or mitigate, these effects.