Influence of loneliness and social isolation before and during the COVID-19 pandemic on mood, cognition and sleep.
Rosiêne Vieira da SilvaNayron Medeiros SoaresGabriela Magalhães PereiraRenata Italiano da Nóbrega FigueiredoMaria do Carmo EulálioPublished in: Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society (2024)
Loneliness is related to worsening symptoms of anxiety and sleep quality. Our results showed that social isolation is related to worsening sleep quality. On the other hand, high social support during the COVID-19 pandemic increased anxiety. Furthermore, better cognitive performance is related to non-isolated and non-lonely participants.