Pandemic ‘shielding’ led to two-fold increase in depressive symptoms in older people
25 April 2022
Older people who were shielding throughout the pandemic were nearly twice as likely to experience depressive symptoms compared to those who were not, even after accounting for loneliness and having fewer social contacts, according to researchers from Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê, including Dr Di Gessa.
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