ArticlePersonality and individual differences2021
COVID-19 related loneliness and sleep problems in older adults: Worries and resilience as potential moderators.
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103 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Association between COVID-19 and sexual health: an umbrella review.Annals of medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Estimation of sleep problems among pregnant women during COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2022Pooled it
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- Lifestyle and health behaviour changes of ageing Finnish women during early COVID-19 restrictions.Scandinavian journal of public health · 2026Article
- Network analysis of comorbid depression and anxiety and their associations with academic engagement among medical students in the Post-Peak COVID-19 period in China.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Sleep Alterations in the Population of the Metropolitan Area of Mexico and Their Association with Lifestyle Changes During COVID-19 Confinement.Clocks & sleep · 2025Article
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- A cross-sectional network analysis of successful aging in a resilience-based framework.PloS one · 2025Article
- Sleep Quality among Older Adults in Brazil during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: The Role of Physical Activity.Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2024Article
- Psychosocial and health stressors during the COVID-19 pandemic and their association with sleep quality.Psychology & health · 2024Article
- A cross-sectional survey on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychological well-being and quality of life in people with spinal cord injury.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Article
- Effect of Physical Activity on Association between COVID-19 and Personal Life in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.Occupational therapy in health care · 2024Article
- Associations among loneliness, internal locus of control and subjective accelerated ageing in older adults who received the booster vaccination.BJPsych open · 2024Article
- Bedtime procrastination related to loneliness among Chinese university students during post-pandemic period: a moderated chain mediation model.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Subjective Nearness-to-Death and COVID-19 Worries Among Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel: The Moderating Role of Israeli Identity and Sense of Community.Journal of religion and health · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectivesOlder adults may experience loneliness due to social distancing and isolation during the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Loneliness may further catalyze numerous poor health outcomes including impaired sleep. This study aimed to assess COVID-19 related worries and resilience as potential moderators of the loneliness-sleep problems link.
methodIn the midst of the lock-down period of COVID-19, we collected data using a web-based public platform from 243 Israeli older adults (mean age = 69.76,
resultsCOVID-19 related loneliness was related to more sleep problems. The loneliness-sleep association was especially strong among those with more COVID-19 related worries or among those with lower resilience.
conclusionThe relationship between COVID-19 related loneliness and sleep problems is not uniform across older adults. The subjective sleep quality of those with more COVID-19 related worries or less resilience (i.e., feeling less being able to adapt to the challenging circumstances) is more susceptible to feeling lonely. Considering these variables may facilitate detection of and intervention for older adults vulnerable to aversive results in the context of COVID-19.
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