Individual- and group-level network-building interventions to address social isolation and loneliness: A scoping review with implications for COVID19.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Worldwide mandates for social distancing and home-quarantine have contributed to loneliness and social isolation. We conducted a systematic scoping review to identify network-building interventions that address loneliness and isolation, describe their components and impact on network structure, and consider their application in the wake of COVID19.

Methods

We performed forward and backward citation tracking of three seminal publications on network interventions and Bibliographic search of Web of Science and SCOPUS. We developed data charting tables and extracted and synthesized the characteristics of included studies, using an iteratively updating form.

Findings

From 3390 retrieved titles and abstracts, we included 8 studies. These interventions focused on bui

SUBMITTER: Yousefi Nooraie R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8232435 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature