Loneliness and social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic

By T. Hwang, K. Rabheru, C. Peisah, W. Reichman, M. Ikeda. International Psychogeriatrics, 2020

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Loneliness and social isolation are associated with adverse physical and psychological consequences which are particularly prevalent in older persons. During this unprecedented time of the COVID-19 pandemic, we must follow social distancing guidelines to protect ourselves and to reduce the spread of coronavirus. At the same time, it is crucial to maintain social connections with each other, especially with older persons, to help cope and reduce the negative consequences of loneliness and social isolation. It is important to develop new strategies (e.g. virtual health care and new government policy) to address loneliness and social isolation among older adults for the post-pandemic era.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Health

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Citations in the corpus

• Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health in the general population: A systematic review (2020, background): “Keeping in touch with friends and family by phone calls or video calls during quarantine can ease the distress from social isolation (Hwang et al., 2020).”
• Social Isolation and Stress as Predictors of Productivity Perception and Remote Work Satisfaction during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Concern about the Virus in a Moderated Double Mediation (2020, background): “The massive application of telework has created a kind of “a trouble shared is a trouble halved” effect [15], therefore making the phenomenon not limited to a few people but applicable to thousands of workers who had to use technologies to communicate and reduce the sense of social isolation and lon”