The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic placed many locations under ‘stay at home” orders and adults simultaneously underwent a form of social isolation that is unprecedented in the modern world. Perceived social isolation can have a significant effect on health and well-being. Further, one can live with othe...
Living in isolation from time cues under relatively high and low light intensities for a total (on average) of 24 days, 18 subjects estimated the passage of time by “producing” short (10 to 120 seconds) and long (lh) intervals throughout the experiments. The lh productions were ...
The treatment group had only a few favorable differences of modest size for functioning, measured using activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living, and health-related quality of life, such as freedom from emotional distress or pain, or the 12-Item Short Form Health ...
The reminiscence therapy applied yielded positive effects in older female participants living in a nursing home during COVID-19 pandemic. Keywords: reminiscence; meaning of life; sense of coherence; coping; older women; nursing home1. Introduction The aging process is associated with the possible ...
Social distancing was universally implemented to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Long-term social distancing can lead to increased feelings of social isolation or dissatisfaction with one’s daily interpersonal interactions, which can subsequent
a lot of consequences that may come out of the global response to Covid-19. So we thought we’d call a few economists whose past research indicates they might have some insights into the future that’s being crafted right now by the extraordinary changes we’re all living through. They ...
The intervention improved depression and social isolation, although the relative improvement in the psychosocial intervention group compared with the usual care group was less than expected due to substantial improvement in usual care patients. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and a ...
Nowadays, individuals spend more and more time in artificially designed living spaces, in particular, humans spend up to 90% indoors1. This tendency has led to an isolation of individuals from regular contact with nature which has a negative impact on their mental and physical health. Several st...
109 That survey, however, does not include women battered but not actually living with the abusive intimate partner, those either in a “dating” relationship or having separated from him (or her) and still being abused. Both of those categories also involve significant numbers of battered ...
as many as 61% of older people living in long-term care may be moderately lonely and around 35% may be severely lonely [9]. The recent restrictions on family visits and group activities as a result of COVID-19 infection measures has further highlighted the issue of social isolation and...