Psychosocial and health behavioural impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on adults in the USA: protocol for a longitudinal cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Although social distancing may help contain the spread of COVID-19, the social isolation and loneliness it causes can heighten stress, contribute to unhealthy lifestyle behaviours and have deleterious effects on social relationships. This ongoing longitudinal cohort study aims to (1) characterise the psychological, social and health behavioural impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic over a 12-month period in the USA; (2) determine whether these impacts differ for certain subgroups based on sociodemographics and other individual-level factors; and (3) explore whether there are modifiable factors (eg, coping, social support) that moderate the effects of the pandemic over time.

Methods and analysis

Adults (aged ≥18 years) who were fluent in either English or Spanish were

SUBMITTER: Badr H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7757396 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature