Background The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the psychological health and health
service utilisation of older adults with multimorbidity, who are particularly vulnerable. Aim To …

Objectives Loneliness is associated with psychiatric morbidity. Restrictions placed on the
population during the first COVID‐19 lockdown may have disproportionately affected older …

Objective Physical distancing and stay-at-home measures implemented to slow
transmission of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) may intensify feelings of loneliness in …

Background Due to the implementation of social distancing and quarantine measures,
loneliness has been a major public health concern during the COVID-19 pandemic …

Objectives Loneliness is a significant public health issue. The COVID-19 pandemic has
resulted in lockdown measures limiting social contact. The UK public are worried about the …

Background Social isolation has been recommended for reducing older adults' mortality and
severe cases of COVID illness. That has resulted in unavoidable consequences of mental ill …

Loneliness is associated with mental health and thus is of particular concern in the COVID-
19 pandemic, due to physical distancing restrictions and shelter-in-place orders. The current …

Objectives The objective of this study was to examine factors that threatened and protected
the wellbeing of older adults living in the UK during social distancing restrictions due to the …

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 …

Background To halt the spread of COVID-19, Austria implemented a 7-week 'lockdown'in
March/April 2020. We assess whether the ensuing reduction in social contacts led to …