Older Adults and Social Isolation and Loneliness During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Integrated Review of Patterns, Effects, and Interventions

Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 42(2), P. 199 - 216

Published: Nov. 8, 2022

A scoping review was conducted to identify patterns, effects, and interventions address social isolation loneliness among community-dwelling older adult populations during the COVID-19 pandemic. We also integrated (1) data from Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) (2) a scan of grey literature pandemic interventions. CLSA showed estimated relative increases in ranging between 33 67 per cent depending age/gender group. International studies reported levels loneliness, as well strong associations depression Literature has primarily emphasized use technology-based reduce loneliness. Application socio-ecological resilience frameworks suggests that researchers should focus exploring wider array potential age-friendly (e.g., outdoor activities, intergenerational programs, other outreach approaches) strength-based approaches building community system-level capacity) may be useful for reducing

Language: Английский

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Post-pandemic urban design: The equilibrium between social distancing and social interactions within the built environment

Cities, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 124, P. 103618 - 103618

Published: Feb. 5, 2022

Language: Английский

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Patterns of Internet Use, and Associations with Loneliness, amongst Middle-Aged and Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Healthcare, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 10(7), P. 1179 - 1179

Published: June 23, 2022

Loneliness among older adults is a major societal problem with consequences for health and wellbeing; this has been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. The present study investigated associations between internet use, including frequency type of loneliness in large UK sample middle-aged adults, aged 55–75 (n = 3500) from English Longitudinal Study Ageing (ELSA) cohort study. Our findings indicated clear relationship use subjective loneliness. Those who used more than once day reported feeling less lonely those week or less. We also found that e-mail communication were lonely. However, individuals higher levels when was information searches about health. Regarding sociodemographic factors underlying usage, frequent seen amongst lived alone, people not employed, had lower education levels, status. Additionally, gender differences use: males report using females, while females’ health-related males. In sum, suggest intervention strategies promote access could be useful tackling point to groups within society should focus such interventions.

Language: Английский

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The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on students' academic performance and mental health: An overview

Regional Science Policy & Practice, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(7), P. 100046 - 100046

Published: June 19, 2024

Language: Английский

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The impact of social isolation on smartphone addiction among college students: the multiple mediating effects of loneliness and COVID-19 anxiety

Frontiers in Psychology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15

Published: July 22, 2024

The widespread use of smartphones has significantly increased smartphone addiction among college students, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since outbreak, university campuses in mainland China have strictly followed Chinese government's strict quarantine policy, including closed campus management, prohibitions against gatherings, and social distancing, increasing student loneliness anxiety thus risk addiction. Extant Studies revealed that isolation is a prominent predictor but failed to systematically explore complex relationship between context COVID-19; therefore, underlying mechanisms these factors post-pandemic era are unclear.

Language: Английский

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