We are experiencing a historical moment with an unprecedented challenge of the COVID-19
global pandemic. The outbreak of COVID-19 will have a long-term and profound impact on …

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to implementation of unprecedented “social distancing”
strategies crucial to limiting the spread of the virus. In addition to quarantine and isolation …

The COVID-19 pandemic has direct effects on people's health and the number of deaths due
to the virus has reached more than a million (WHO, 2020a). In addition, the pandemic and …

Loneliness has a significant impact on the health and well-being of older people, including
an increased risk of mortality. This cross-sectional study explored possible risk and …

Social isolation is defined as the objective state of having few social relationships or
infrequent social contact with others,(National Academies of Sciences et al., 2020) while …

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 …

As the systems that people depend on are increasingly strained by the coronavirus disease–
2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, public health impacts are manifesting in different ways beyond …

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 …

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 …

The COVID-19 global pandemic and subsequent public health social measures have
challenged our social and economic life, with increasing concerns around potentially rising …