Can changes in social contact (frequency and mode) mitigate low mood before and during the COVID-19 pandemic? The I-CONECT project.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global outbreak allowed a natural experiment to observe how older adults changed social patterns and how it affected their emotional well-being. We studied the frequency and modes of social contact and their effects on older adults' mood before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design

Phone-based surveys were administered weekly before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Setting

Participants were recruited from Portland, Oregon, and Detroit, Michigan.

Participants

Older adults ≥75 years old (n = 155, age = 81.0 ± 4.5, 72.3% women) were included in a randomized controlled trial, the Internet-Based Conversational Engagement Clinical Trial (I-CONECT).

Measurements

Low mood was self-reported as feel

SUBMITTER: Wu CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8904274 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature