Stuck Inside: How Social Functioning in Schizophrenia Changed During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
J Nerv Ment Dis
; 210(12): 915-924, 2022 Dec 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1891194
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT Social distancing policies enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic altered our social interactions. People with schizophrenia, who already exhibit social deficits, may have been disproportionally impacted. In this pilot study, we a) compared prepandemic social functioning to functioning during the pandemic in people with schizophrenia ( n = 21) who had data at both time points; and b) examined if patterns of decline in schizophrenia differed from healthy controls ( n = 21) across a series of repeated-measures analyses of variance. We observed larger declines in social functioning in schizophrenia (η 2 = 0.07, medium effect size) during the pandemic compared with the control group. Between-group declines did not extend to other domains, suggesting that declines are specific to social functioning. Our findings signal that treatments focusing on reconnecting people with schizophrenia to their social networks should be prioritized. Future studies should continue tracking social functioning after the pandemic to illustrate patterns of recovery.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Schizophrenia
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Nerv Ment Dis
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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