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Creative leisure activities, mental health and well-being during 5 months of the COVID-19 pandemic: a fixed effects analysis of data from 3725 US adults

INTRODUCTION: We investigated whether changes in engagement in home-based creative activities were associated with changes in depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms and life satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic, aiming to replicate findings from the UK in a USA sample. METHODS: 3725 adults were...

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Autores principales: Bone, Jessica K, Fancourt, Daisy, Sonke, Jill K, Fluharty, Meg E, Cohen, Randy, Lee, Jenny B, Kolenic, Anthony J, Radunovich, Heidi, Bu, Feifei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10086468/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36849241
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2022-219653
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: We investigated whether changes in engagement in home-based creative activities were associated with changes in depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms and life satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic, aiming to replicate findings from the UK in a USA sample. METHODS: 3725 adults were included from the COVID-19 Social Study in the USA, a panel study collecting data weekly during the COVID-19 pandemic. We measured engagement in eight types of creative leisure activities on the previous weekday between April and September 2020. Data were analysed using fixed effects regression models. RESULTS: Increased time spent gardening was associated with reductions in depressive and anxiety symptoms and enhanced life satisfaction. Spending more time doing woodwork/DIY and arts/crafts were also associated with enhanced life satisfaction. However, more time watching television, films or other similar media (not for information on COVID-19) was associated with increased depressive symptoms. Other creative activities were not associated with mental health or well-being. CONCLUSION: Some findings differ from evidence obtained in the UK, demonstrating the importance of replicating research across countries. Our findings should also be considered when formulating guidelines for future stay-at-home directives, enabling individuals to stay well despite the closure of public resources.