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ArticlePrevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research2025

Effects of Situational Loneliness on Mental Health and Sleep Health Outcomes among White Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Ayesha Siddiqua, Jeanine M Parisi, Todd M Manini, Christopher N Kaufmann, Emily J Smail

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Ayesha SiddiquaDepartment of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Jeanine M ParisiDepartment of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Todd M ManiniDepartment of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, University of Florida School of Medicine, 2004 Mowry Road, Gainesville, FL, 32603, USA.
Christopher N KaufmannDepartment of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, University of Florida School of Medicine, 2004 Mowry Road, Gainesville, FL, 32603, USA.
Emily J SmailDepartment of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, University of Florida School of Medicine, 2004 Mowry Road, Gainesville, FL, 32603, USA. emilysmail217@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-2627-052X

Funding

Using social networks to map and evaluate team science across CTSA hubsUL1TR001427 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI MITCHELL, DUANE A. · 2015 to 2024
$37.2M
University of Florida Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC)P30AG028740 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI Peihua Qiu · 2007 to 2026
$22.8M
Sleep apnea treatment and risk for cognitive decline and Alzheimers diseaseR01AG079391 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI Christopher Norfleet Kaufmann · 2022 to 2026
$3.1M
Translational Research Training on Aging and Mobility (TRAM)T32AG062728 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI Todd Manini · 2020 to 2026
$2.0M
Sedative-Hypnotic Use Patterns and Risk for Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer's DiseaseK01AG061239 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI KAUFMANN, CHRISTOPHER NORFLEET · 2019 to 2023
$656k
Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers at the University of Florida P30AG028740)Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Florida UL1TR001427NIA NIH HHS K01 AG061239NIA NIH HHS K01AG061239NIA NIH HHS P30 AG028740NIA NIH HHS P30AG028740NIA NIH HHS R01 AG079391NIA NIH HHS R01AG079391NIA NIH HHS T32 AG062728Sleep Research Society Foundation 23-FRA-001Translational Research on Aging and Mobility (TRAM) T32AG062728
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Abstract

objectivesThis study examined the cross-sectional and 2-year prospective associations between situational loneliness and health outcomes in older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.

methodsData were collected using an online survey that evaluated behaviors (e.g., socialization) and health outcomes at two points (May-June 2020 and October-November 2022) during the pandemic. Logistic regression was used to analyze the cross-sectional associations between situational loneliness and health outcomes (i.e., depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and sleep health) while linear regression was used to examine the prospective associations.

resultsIn a sample of 428 older adults (age 65 +), situational loneliness was associated with short-term, but not long-term, increases in depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and problems with sleep.

conclusionFindings suggest that the older adult population demonstrates resilience in the face of short-term increases in loneliness. Thus, promoting resilience may be a promising strategy for mitigating the negative consequences of situational loneliness.

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COVID-19LonelinessMental HealthSleepAgedAged, 80 and overAnxietyCross-Sectional StudiesDepressionFemaleHumansMalePandemicsProspective StudiesSARS-CoV-2Surveys and QuestionnairesAnxiety symptomsDepressive symptomsOlder adultsShort-term lonelinessSituational lonelinessSleep health

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