COVID-19, Inter-household Contact and Mental Well-Being Among Older Adults in the US and the UK.

ABSTRACT: Interacting with family members and friends from other households is a key part of everyday life and is crucial to people's mental well-being. The COVID-19 pandemic severely curtailed face-to-face contact between households, particularly for older adults (aged 60 and above), due to their high risk of developing severe illness if infected by COVID-19. In-person contact, where possible, was largely replaced by virtual interaction during the pandemic. This article examines how inter-household contact in face-to-face and virtual forms, as well as combinations of the two forms of contact, related to older adults' mental well-being during the pandemic. Data from two national longitudinal surveys, collected from the same respondents before (2018-2019) and during (June 2020) the pandemic, were com

SUBMITTER: Hu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8350320 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature