Journal article
Can “Rover” help with mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic? Results from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)
Abstract
COVID-19 has negatively affected the mental health and well-being of adults, and thus it is important to examine potential factors which may influence mental health during the pandemic. We thus examined the association between pet ownership and depression/anxiety symptoms based on mental health disorder status during the COVID-19 pandemic. We included 12,068 cognitively healthy participants (45-86 years at study entry) from the Canadian …
Authors
Falck RS; Liu-Ambrose T; Noseworthy M; Kirkland S; Griffith LE; Basta NE; McMillan JM; Raina P
Journal
Frontiers in Psychiatry, Vol. 13, ,
Publisher
Frontiers
DOI
10.3389/fpsyt.2022.961067
ISSN
1664-0640