Efficacy of community groups as a social prescription for senior health—insights from a natural experiment during the COVID-19 lockdown

Efficacy of community groups as a social prescription for senior health—insights from a natural experiment during the COVID-19 lockdown

Abstract Loneliness and associated physical and cognitive health decline among the aging population is an important medical concern, exacerbated in times of abnormal isolation like the 2020–2021 Covid-19 pandemic lockdown. In this backdrop, recent “social prescribing” based health policy initiatives...

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Main Authors: Ryka C. Chopra, Suma Chakrabarthi, Ishir Narayan, Suparna Chakraborty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Subjects:
Covid-19
Social isolation
Loneliness
Cognitive decline
Social prescription
Community groups
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-75262-y
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