The association between social isolation and musculoskeletal health in older community-dwelling adults: findings from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study

Journal article

Background: Lockdowns and stay-at-home orders announced internationally for COVID-19 have led to physical and social distancing, with reports of many individuals experiencing social isolation (SI) and loneliness. Although the emergency declaration in Japan was declared as a “mild” lockdown requested by the government without penalties for violations, the lockdown measures, including SI, had several influences on people’s lives and mental health as in other countries. Furthermore, Japan declar...

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Authors: Bevilacqua, G; Jameson, KA; Zhang, J; Bloom, I; Ward, KA

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Springer
• Journal: Quality of Life Research
• Volume: 30
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 1913-1924
• Publication date: 2021-02-17
• DOI: 10.1007/s11136-021-02784-7
• EISSN: 1573-2649
• ISSN: 0962-9343
• Language: English
• Keywords: Anxiety; Social isolation; Psychiatry; Cohort study; Gerontology; Cohort; Logistic regression; Social support; Demography; Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; Loneliness; Odds; Odds ratio; Longitudinal study; Internal medicine; Psychology; Depression (economics); Medicine