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Age-Specific Differences in Association Between Personality and Changes in Outing Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan: Cross-Sectional Web-Based Questionnaire Survey

Age-Specific Differences in Association Between Personality and Changes in Outing Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan: Cross-Sectional Web-Based Questionnaire Survey

For example, Lau et al [4] reported that the doubling time of infections increased from 2 to 4 days after a lockdown was imposed in Wuhan, China. Fowler et al [5] reported that in the United States, a stay-at-home order was associated with a more than 30% reduction in weekly COVID-19 cases after 1 week and an approximately 60% reduction in weekly fatalities after 3 weeks in localities that implemented the measure.

Kaori Yamaguchi, Takemi Akahane, Emi Yasuda, Manabu Akahane

Online J Public Health Inform 2025;17:e63120

Google Trends Assessment of Keywords Related to Smoking and Smoking Cessation During the COVID-19 Pandemic in 4 European Countries: Retrospective Analysis

Google Trends Assessment of Keywords Related to Smoking and Smoking Cessation During the COVID-19 Pandemic in 4 European Countries: Retrospective Analysis

Since there is high heterogeneity of lockdown measures between the investigated countries, the listing of specific bans was omitted. However, shared characteristics of lockdowns were the closure of public cultural facilities, curfew, the ban on assembly, and restriction of mobility.

Tobias Jagomast, Jule Finck, Imke Tangemann-Münstedt, Katharina Auth, Daniel Drömann, Klaas F Franzen

Online J Public Health Inform 2024;16:e57718

Remote Exercise Training Intervention During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Randomized Controlled Trial

Remote Exercise Training Intervention During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Randomized Controlled Trial

This study includes data from a pre–COVID-19 cohort (2019) and a lockdown cohort (2020). Their difference in methodology relates mainly to the longer intervention period for the lockdown cohort, as shown in Figure 1 B. A total of 7 participants had to be excluded from all analyses: 3 of them were excluded due to incomplete data sets and 4 participants dropped out of the study (for more details, see the Results section).

Keito F A Philippi, Peter Zeier, Alexandra Brahmer, Elmo W I Neuberger, Magdalena Sandner, Matthias Hagenah, Thilo Porten, Regina Lenz, David T Ochmann, Florian Wedekink, Jörg Wischhusen, Beat Lutz, Klaus Lieb, Michèle Wessa, Perikles Simon

J Med Internet Res 2024;26:e53145

A Metric of Societal Burden Based on Virus Succession to Determine Economic Losses and Health Benefits of China’s Lockdown Policies: Model Development and Validation

A Metric of Societal Burden Based on Virus Succession to Determine Economic Losses and Health Benefits of China’s Lockdown Policies: Model Development and Validation

Typically, the disease burden under the condition of total infection or herd immunity can be considered as the possible benefit gained from implementing a lockdown. The difference between a blanket lockdown and local or partial lockdown lies in the scope.

Wenxiu Chen, Bin Zhang, Chen Wang, Wei An, Shashika Kumudumali Guruge, Ho-kwong Chui, Min Yang

JMIR Public Health Surveill 2024;10:e48043

An Engineering Alternative to Lockdown During COVID-19 and Other Airborne Infectious Disease Pandemics: Feasibility Study

An Engineering Alternative to Lockdown During COVID-19 and Other Airborne Infectious Disease Pandemics: Feasibility Study

Currently, airborne transmission via aerosols (particle size The feasibility of a social system utilizing powered air purifying respirators (PAPRs) as an alternative to lockdown was examined from the following perspectives: (1) what PAPR can do as an alternative to lockdown, (2) how to operate a social system utilizing PAPR, (3) direction of improvement of PAPR as an alternative to lockdown, and (4) balance between efficiency of infection control and personal freedom through the use of Internet of Things (Io T

Yusaku Fujii

JMIR Biomed Eng 2024;9:e54666

Ambulance Services Attendance for Mental Health and Overdose Before and During COVID-19 in Canada and the United Kingdom: Interrupted Time Series Study

Ambulance Services Attendance for Mental Health and Overdose Before and During COVID-19 in Canada and the United Kingdom: Interrupted Time Series Study

The counterfactual scenario provided a comparison for the evaluation of the impact of the lockdown by examining the change in level at the time of the lockdown (lockdown) and the change in the slope during lockdown (lockdown trend) relative to this counterfactual scenario. Interrupted time series study design used to model the change in weekly emergency medical service calls at the time of lockdown and the period following lockdown.

Graham Law, Rhiannon Cooper, Melissa Pirrie, Richard Ferron, Brent McLeod, Robert Spaight, A Niroshan Siriwardena, Gina Agarwal, Gina UK Canada Emergency Calls Data Analysis and GEospatial Mapping (EDGE) Consortium

JMIR Public Health Surveill 2024;10:e46029

Effect of Long-Distance Domestic Travel Ban Policies in Japan on COVID-19 Outbreak Dynamics During Dominance of the Ancestral Strain: Ex Post Facto Retrospective Observation Study

Effect of Long-Distance Domestic Travel Ban Policies in Japan on COVID-19 Outbreak Dynamics During Dominance of the Ancestral Strain: Ex Post Facto Retrospective Observation Study

This result might indicate that a “stay-at-home” policy, including a lockdown or voluntary ban against going out as practiced in Japan, was legitimate. However, staying at “home” itself and going to a “workplace” were not found to be significant factors influencing R(t), even though they had negative coefficients. The first and second states of emergency and the GTTC had negative and significant effects on R(t). In particular, the estimated coefficients of these variables were quite large.

Junko Kurita, Yoshitaro Iwasaki

Online J Public Health Inform 2024;16:e44931

Internet Use and Effects on Mental Well-being During the Lockdown Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Younger Versus Older Adults: Observational Cross-Sectional Study

Internet Use and Effects on Mental Well-being During the Lockdown Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Younger Versus Older Adults: Observational Cross-Sectional Study

In support of our hypothesis, internet use among older adults during the lockdown period was found to be less as compared with that among their younger counterparts. Specifically, the use of digital platforms for essential services and entertainment purposes was less prevalent among older adults than among younger adults.

Chou Chuen Yu, Nien Xiang Tou, James Alvin Low

JMIR Form Res 2024;8:e46824

Physical Activity, Heart Rate Variability, and Ventricular Arrhythmia During the COVID-19 Lockdown: Retrospective Cohort Study

Physical Activity, Heart Rate Variability, and Ventricular Arrhythmia During the COVID-19 Lockdown: Retrospective Cohort Study

Assessing the changes in physical activity and HRV may provide insight into the lack of increased VA observed during the onset of the COVID-19 lockdown. Herein, we report the changes in physical activity and HRV in patients with ICD during the COVID-19 lockdown of March 2020 in Ontario, Canada. Sunnybrook Hospital is a regional cardiac center in Ontario, Canada.

Sikander Z Texiwala, Russell J de Souza, Suzette Turner, Sheldon M Singh

JMIR Cardio 2024;8:e51399

The Relationship Between Lockdowns and Video Game Playtime: Multilevel Time-Series Analysis Using Massive-Scale Data Telemetry

The Relationship Between Lockdowns and Video Game Playtime: Multilevel Time-Series Analysis Using Massive-Scale Data Telemetry

A key theme within policy-making concerns what are referred to as “containment and closure policies” or “lockdown policies.” These refer to governmental interventions that attempt to control the spread of SARS-Co V-2 through activity-limiting interventions that include stay-at-home orders, restrictions on gatherings, and other societal restrictions such as the closure of schools [5].

David Zendle, Catherine Flick, Darel Halgarth, Nick Ballou, Joe Cutting, Anders Drachen

J Med Internet Res 2023;25:e40190