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dc.contributor.authorTeo, Celine
dc.contributor.authorKim, Chungah
dc.contributor.authorNielsen, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorYoung, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorO'Campo, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorChum, Antony
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-21T17:02:32Z
dc.date.available2021-12-21T17:02:32Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationFrontiers in psychiatry, 2021-06-21, Vol.12, p.702807-702807en_US
dc.identifier.issn1664-0640
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/15574
dc.description.abstractNational lockdown in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic severely restricted the mobility of residents and increased time spent in their residential neighbourhoods. This is a unique opportunity to understand how an exogenous factor that reduces mobility may influence the association between neighbourhood social environment and mental health. This study investigates whether the COVID-19 lockdown may modify the effect of neighbourhood disorder on psychological distress. Methods: We tracked changes in psychological distress, using the UK household longitudinal survey across the pre-COVID and lockdown periods in 16,535 adults. Neighbourhood disorder was measured along two subscales: social stressors and property crime. Fixed-effects regression was used to evaluate whether the widespread reduction in mobility modifies the association between the subscales of neighbourhood disorder and psychological distress. Results: The effect of neighbourhood social stressors on psychological distress was stronger in the lockdown period compared to the pre-COVID period. Compared to the pre-COVID period, the effect of being in neighbourhoods with the highest social stressors (compared to the lowest) on psychological distress increased by 20% during the lockdown. Meanwhile, the effect of neighbourhood property crime on mental health did not change during the lockdown. Conclusion: The sudden loss of mobility as a result of COVID-19 lockdown is a unique opportunity to address the endogeneity problem as it relates to mobility and locational preferences in the study of neighbourhood effects on health. Vulnerable groups who have limited mobility are likely more sensitive to neighbourhood social stressors compared to the general population.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherFrontiers Mediaen_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectexogeneityen_US
dc.subjectLife sciences & Biomedicineen_US
dc.subjectLongitudinal studyen_US
dc.subjectMental healthen_US
dc.subjectMobilityen_US
dc.subjectNeighbourhood disorderen_US
dc.subjectPsychiatryen_US
dc.subjectPublic healthen_US
dc.subjectResidential environmenten_US
dc.subjectScience & Technologyen_US
dc.titleDid the UK COVID-19 Lockdown Modify the Influence of Neighbourhood Disorder on Psychological Distress? Evidence From a Prospective Cohort Studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fpsyt.2021.702807
refterms.dateFOA2021-12-21T17:02:33Z


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