Residential mobility restrictions and adverse mental health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK.

ABSTRACT: During the COVID-19 pandemic, several governments tried to contain the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, with lockdowns that prohibited leaving one's residence unless carrying out a few essential services. We investigate the relationship between limitations to mobility and mental health in the UK during the first year and a half of the pandemic using a unique combination of high-frequency mobility data from Google and monthly longitudinal data collected through the Understanding Society survey. We find a strong and statistically robust correlation between mobility data and mental health survey data and show that increased residential stationarity is associated with the deterioration of mental wellbeing even when regional COVID-19 prevalence and lockdown stringency are c

SUBMITTER: Chan HF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10799952 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature