2024
Factors associated with loneliness in Latin-American family care partners during the COVID-19 pandemic
Leon T, Tapia-Munoz T, Slachevsky A, Beber B, Aguzzoli F, Nubia C, Vilar-Compte M, Gaitan-Rossi P, Olavarria L, Castro L, Pinto A, Guajardo T, Grycuk R, Chen Y, Leroi I, Lawlor B, Duran-Aniotz C, Sullivan R, Miranda-Castillo C. Factors associated with loneliness in Latin-American family care partners during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers In Psychiatry 2024, 15: 1286141. PMID: 39600792, PMCID: PMC11588483, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1286141.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFamily care partnersCare partnersLevels of lonelinessMental healthSocial lonelinessFactors associated with lonelinessPerceived mental healthOverall lonelinessOnline cross-sectional surveyPublic health approachCross-sectional surveyHigher levels of lonelinessCOVID-19-related restrictionsCOVID-19 pandemicLoneliness prevalenceHealth factorsAssess lonelinessHealth approachLinear regression modelsMultiple linear regression modelPre-COVID-19 levelsHigher social lonelinessHealth situationSocial isolationEmotional loneliness
2023
Factors associated with emotional and social loneliness among Latin American family care partners of people with dementia and other long‐term conditions during Covid‐19
Tapia‐Muñoz T, Leon T, Slachevsky A, Beber B, Nubia C, Vilar‐Compte M, Gaitan P, Olavarria L, Castro L, Pinto A, Chen Y, Grycuk E, Leroi I, Lawlor B, Duran‐Aniotz C, O'Sullivan R, Miranda‐Castillo C. Factors associated with emotional and social loneliness among Latin American family care partners of people with dementia and other long‐term conditions during Covid‐19. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2023, 19 DOI: 10.1002/alz.077002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCare partnersMental healthCOVID-19Public health interventionsWorse mental healthCOVID-19 pandemicFamily care partnersLong-term conditionsCOVID-19-related restrictionsDementia care partnersHigh burdenHealth interventionsDementiaSpecial riskConclusions LonelinessLower educationHealth conditionsSelf-report surveySocial isolationSignificant increaseLinear regression modelsRegression modelsPandemicLower perceptionsHealth