Association of COVID-19 Risk Misperceptions With Household Isolation in the United States: Survey Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adverse mental and emotional health outcomes are increasingly recognized as a public health challenge associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective

The goal of this study was to examine the association of COVID-19 risk misperceptions with self-reported household isolation, a potential risk factor for social isolation and loneliness.

Methods

We analyzed data from the Franklin Templeton-Gallup Economics of Recovery Study (July to December 2020) of 24,649 US adults. We also analyzed data from the Gallup Panel (March 2020 to February 2021), which included 123,516 observations about loneliness. The primary outcome was self-reported household isolation, which we defined as a respondent having no contact or very little contact with people outside their househol

SUBMITTER: Ladapo JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8407438 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature