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Comparing the effects of reduced social contact on psychosocial wellbeing before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal survey from two Norwegian counties

PURPOSE: To determine changes to people’s social contact during COVID-19, and whether reduced social contact was associated with changes to psychosocial wellbeing. METHODS: Questionnaire data were collected from a sample of adult respondents (18 years or more) in two Norwegian counties participating...

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Autores principales: Kalseth, Jorid, Ådnanes, Marian, Ose, Solveig Osborg, Lassemo, Eva, Kaspersen, Silje L., das Nair, Roshan
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Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9922041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36773270
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11136-023-03350-z
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author Kalseth, Jorid
Ådnanes, Marian
Ose, Solveig Osborg
Lassemo, Eva
Kaspersen, Silje L.
das Nair, Roshan
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Ådnanes, Marian
Ose, Solveig Osborg
Lassemo, Eva
Kaspersen, Silje L.
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description PURPOSE: To determine changes to people’s social contact during COVID-19, and whether reduced social contact was associated with changes to psychosocial wellbeing. METHODS: Questionnaire data were collected from a sample of adult respondents (18 years or more) in two Norwegian counties participating pre-COVID-19 (September 2019–February 2020; n = 20,196) and at two time points during COVID-19 (June [Mid] and November/December [Late] 2020; n = 11,953 and n = 10,968, respectively). The main outcome measures were participants' self-reported changes to social contact, loneliness, psychological distress, and life satisfaction. RESULTS: The proportion of respondents reporting less social contact due to COVID-19 decreased from 62% in Mid-2020 to 55% in Late-2020. Overall, reported psychological wellbeing remained unchanged or improved from pre-COVID-19 to Mid-2020. From Mid-2020 to Late-2020, however, a reduction in psychological wellbeing was observed. Poorer psychological wellbeing was found for those with less social contact during the pandemic compared with people reporting unchanged social contact. This effect increased over time and was observed for all age groups at Late-2020. At Mid-2020, the importance of change in social contact for change in psychological wellbeing was greatest among young adults (< 30 years), while no significant differences were found for the oldest age group. CONCLUSION: The association between COVID-19-era changes to social contact and loneliness, psychological distress, and life satisfaction is complex and appears to be age-dependent. Future studies should consider the quality of social contact and cultural contexts in which social restrictions are imposed. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11136-023-03350-z.
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spelling pubmed-99220412023-02-13 Comparing the effects of reduced social contact on psychosocial wellbeing before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal survey from two Norwegian counties Kalseth, Jorid Ådnanes, Marian Ose, Solveig Osborg Lassemo, Eva Kaspersen, Silje L. das Nair, Roshan Qual Life Res Article PURPOSE: To determine changes to people’s social contact during COVID-19, and whether reduced social contact was associated with changes to psychosocial wellbeing. METHODS: Questionnaire data were collected from a sample of adult respondents (18 years or more) in two Norwegian counties participating pre-COVID-19 (September 2019–February 2020; n = 20,196) and at two time points during COVID-19 (June [Mid] and November/December [Late] 2020; n = 11,953 and n = 10,968, respectively). The main outcome measures were participants' self-reported changes to social contact, loneliness, psychological distress, and life satisfaction. RESULTS: The proportion of respondents reporting less social contact due to COVID-19 decreased from 62% in Mid-2020 to 55% in Late-2020. Overall, reported psychological wellbeing remained unchanged or improved from pre-COVID-19 to Mid-2020. From Mid-2020 to Late-2020, however, a reduction in psychological wellbeing was observed. Poorer psychological wellbeing was found for those with less social contact during the pandemic compared with people reporting unchanged social contact. This effect increased over time and was observed for all age groups at Late-2020. At Mid-2020, the importance of change in social contact for change in psychological wellbeing was greatest among young adults (< 30 years), while no significant differences were found for the oldest age group. CONCLUSION: The association between COVID-19-era changes to social contact and loneliness, psychological distress, and life satisfaction is complex and appears to be age-dependent. Future studies should consider the quality of social contact and cultural contexts in which social restrictions are imposed. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11136-023-03350-z. Springer International Publishing 2023-02-11 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC9922041/ /pubmed/36773270 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11136-023-03350-z Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Lassemo, Eva
Kaspersen, Silje L.
das Nair, Roshan
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title Comparing the effects of reduced social contact on psychosocial wellbeing before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal survey from two Norwegian counties
title_full Comparing the effects of reduced social contact on psychosocial wellbeing before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal survey from two Norwegian counties
title_fullStr Comparing the effects of reduced social contact on psychosocial wellbeing before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal survey from two Norwegian counties
title_full_unstemmed Comparing the effects of reduced social contact on psychosocial wellbeing before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal survey from two Norwegian counties
title_short Comparing the effects of reduced social contact on psychosocial wellbeing before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal survey from two Norwegian counties
title_sort comparing the effects of reduced social contact on psychosocial wellbeing before and during the covid-19 pandemic: a longitudinal survey from two norwegian counties
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9922041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36773270
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11136-023-03350-z
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