ArticleScientific reports2024
Residential mobility restrictions and adverse mental health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK.
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- Leveraging Google location history data to assess the impact of activities, locations, and time spent in green space on mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.American journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- Mobility Patterns and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Longitudinal Observational Study Using Smartphone Mobility Data.JMIR formative research · 2026Observational
- Long-term psychological effects of COVID-19-related quarantine: an observational study of three cohorts in Norway and Iceland.BMC medicine · 2025Observational
- MetaCity: Data-driven sustainable development of complex cities.Innovation (Cambridge (Mass.)) · 2025Review
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Abstract
During the COVID-19 pandemic, several governments tried to contain the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, with lockdowns that prohibited leaving one's residence unless carrying out a few essential services. We investigate the relationship between limitations to mobility and mental health in the UK during the first year and a half of the pandemic using a unique combination of high-frequency mobility data from Google and monthly longitudinal data collected through the Understanding Society survey. We find a strong and statistically robust correlation between mobility data and mental health survey data and show that increased residential stationarity is associated with the deterioration of mental wellbeing even when regional COVID-19 prevalence and lockdown stringency are controlled for. The relationship is heterogeneous, as higher levels of distress are seen in young, healthy people living alone; and in women, especially if they have young children.
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