Lockdown loneliness increases the risk of depression in people living with cancer
A new research study finds that loneliness experienced during the UK lockdown increased the risk of depression in people living with cancer. People with cancer who reported being lonely ‘sometimes or ‘quite often’ during the first UK COVID-19 lockdown had a four and a half times (4.5 fold) greater risk of being depressed compared to those who said they were never lonely during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rates of depression increased over time for those with cancers of the breast
