Citation

Killgore WDS, Cloonan SA, Taylor EC, Dailey NS. Psychiatry Res. 2020; 290: e113117.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113117

PMID

32480121

PMCID

PMC7255345

Abstract

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, most communities in the United States imposed stay-at-home orders to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus, potentially leading to chronic social isolation. During the third week of shelter-in-place guidelines, 1,013 U.S. adults completed the UCLA Loneliness Scale-3 and Public Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9). Loneliness was elevated, with 43% of respondents scoring above published cutoffs, and was strongly associated with greater depression and suicidal ideation. Loneliness is a critical public health concern that must be considered during the social isolation efforts to combat the pandemic.

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; United States; Adult; Female; Male; COVID-19; Suicidal Ideation; Mental Health; Surveys and Questionnaires; Loneliness; Social Isolation; Quarantine; SARS-CoV-2; Pandemics; Coronavirus Infections; Betacoronavirus; Affective Symptoms; Pneumonia, Viral