Decrease in Mobility during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Association with Increase in Depression among Older Adults: A Longitudinal Remote Mobility Monitoring Using a Wearable Sensor.
Ram Kinker MishraCatherine ParkMichele K YorkMark E KunikShu-Fen WungAanand D NaikBijan NajafiPublished in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) (2021)
This is one of the early longitudinal studies highlighting adverse effect of the pandemic on objectively assessed physical activity and sleep in older adults. Our observations showed need for timely intervention to mitigate hard to reverse consequences of decreased physical activity such as depression.