Social isolation consequences: lessons from COVID-19 pandemic in a context of dynamic lock-down in Chile.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chile did not adopt general and unified lockdowns for the whole nation but organized itself with dynamic and sometimes irregular lockdowns. These dynamics and consequences of social isolation could be generalized to other contexts of isolation such as those affecting minorities such as immigrants, prisoners, refugees.

Methods

In this study, we investigated the physical and mental health symptoms associated with lifestyle changes due to lockdown among university students in Chile. We examined psychopathological variations in relation to mental health problems in a healthy young population. Our goal was to develop interventions to address these new psychosocial problems in potentially comparable post-pandemic contexts. From May 10th 2021 to June 2th 2021, 420 Univer

SUBMITTER: Patrono A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10893693 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature