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Published on in Vol 10 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/79711, first published .
Woman wearing mask uses phone to navigate Hong Kong street with double-decker bus

Mobility Patterns and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Longitudinal Observational Study Using Smartphone Mobility Data

Mobility Patterns and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Longitudinal Observational Study Using Smartphone Mobility Data

Owen Ngo Wang Leung   1 , PhD ;   Linda Chiu Wa Lam   1 , MD ;   Ronald C Kessler   2 , PhD ;   Pim Cuijpers   3 , PhD ;   Samuel Yeung Shan Wong   4 , MD ;   Arthur Dun Ping Mak   1 , MBChB

1 Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China (Hong Kong)

2 Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

3 Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

4 Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China (Hong Kong)

Corresponding Author:

  • Owen Ngo Wang Leung, PhD
  • Department of Psychiatry
  • Faculty of Medicine
  • Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • G/F Multicentre, Tai Po Hospital, Tai Po, Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong SAR
  • China (Hong Kong)
  • Phone: 852 26076025
  • Email: nwleung@cuhk.edu.hk