The Impact of Social Isolation, Loneliness, and Technology Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health-Related Quality of Life: Observational Cross-sectional Study

Introduction Health-related quality of life (HRQoL), defined as a person’s self-perceived health status in relation to their social, cultural, and environmental context, is linked to better health and the ability to deal with adverse life events [1]. [...]disease containment measures resulted in increased isolation and loneliness among older adults [3], which could impact HRQoL (hypothesis 3). Model output and coefficients of multiple linear regression models for health-related quality of life (N=89).