[PDF][PDF] How the COVID-19 pandemic is focusing attention on loneliness and social isolation

BJ Smith, MH Lim - Public Health Res Pract, 2020 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
The effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic upon human health,
economic activity and social engagement have been swift and far reaching. Emerging …

Loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic: change and predictors of change from strict to discontinued social distancing protocols

A Hoffart, SU Johnson, OV Ebrahimi - Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Background and Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic and the social distancing
protocols designed to impede transmission of the corona virus have severe mental health …

Social isolation and loneliness of older adults in times of the COVID-19 pandemic: can use of online social media sites and video chats assist in mitigating social …

A Hajek, HH König - Gerontology, 2021 - karger.com
The COVID-19 pandemic is a serious global burden. Epidemiological data suggest that the
severity of COVID-19, in particular its case fatality rate, rises strongly with age. It is possible …

Predictors and consequences of loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic

R Rumas, AL Shamblaw, S Jagtap, MW Best - Psychiatry Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a global context in which social isolation has become
normative in order to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission. As a result of social …

Loneliness and social isolation: an unequally shared burden in Europe

B d'Hombres, M Barjaková, SV Schnepf - 2021 - papers.ssrn.com
Concerns about loneliness and social isolation are growing more than ever. With the COVID-
19 pandemic entering its second year, there are fears that the toll on loneliness could have …

Covid-fatigued? A longitudinal study of Norwegian older adults' psychosocial well-being before and during early and later stages of the COVID-19 pandemic

T Hansen, T Sevenius Nilsen, M Knapstad… - European journal of …, 2022 - Springer
As the pandemic continues, many older adults are facing prolonged isolation and stress
while having less access to traditional ways of coping. There is widespread concern that the …

Associations of home confinement during COVID-19 lockdown with subsequent health and well-being among UK adults

K Shiba, RG Cowden, V Counted, TJ VanderWeele… - Current …, 2024 - Springer
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Kingdom (UK) government introduced public
health safety measures to mitigate the spikes in infection rates. This included stay-at-home …

Prevalence of loneliness and social isolation among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Y Su, W Rao, M Li, G Caron, C D'Arcy… - International …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Objectives: Pandemics and their public health control measures have generally substantially
increased the level of loneliness and social isolation in the general population. Because of …

COVID-19 and loneliness among older adults: Associations with mode of family/friend contacts and social participation

NG Choi, S Hammaker, DM DiNitto… - Clinical …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives Given physical/social distancing due to COVID-19, we examined associations
between self-reported loneliness and changes in contact with family/friends and mode of …

One month into the reinforcement of social distancing due to the COVID-19 outbreak: subjective health, health behaviors, and loneliness among people with chronic …

R Elran-Barak, M Mozeikov - … of environmental research and public health, 2020 - mdpi.com
We sought to examine how the near-lockdown measures, announced by the Israeli
government in an effort to contain the COVID-19 outbreak, impacted the self-rated health …