Did the 4-month COVID-19 lockdown affect Victorians long-term?

Embargoed until: Publicly released: 2022-04-08 11:00

Australia; VIC; ACT

Victoria's four-month COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 negatively affected the mental health of the state's residents, according to Aussie researchers, who say this impact was not permanent, and reversed once lockdown ended. The team looked at a long-term national study which surveyed 898 people before, during and after the lockdown, and found increased psychological distress coincided with greater social isolation and work loss. These impacts recovered in line with the rest of Australia once lockdown ended.

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Organisation/s: Monash University, The Australian National University

Funder: Funding was provided by Monash University and the icare Foundation. The views expressed are those of the authors and may not reflect the views of study funders. Professor Alex Collie is supported by an ARC Future Fellowship (FT190100218). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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