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Creative leisure activities, mental health and well-being during 5 months of the COVID-19 pandemic: a fixed effects analysis of data from 3725 US adults by Jessica K Bone; Daisy Fancourt; Jill K Sonke; Meg E Fluharty; Randy Cohen; Jenny B Lee; Anthony J Kolenic; Heidi Radunovich; Feifei Bu is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Introduction We investigated whether changes in engagement in home-based creative activities were associated with changes in depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms and life satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic, aiming to replicate findings from the UK in a USA sample. ## Methods 3725 adults were included from the COVID-19 Social Study in the USA, a panel study collecting data weekly during the COVID-19 pandemic. We measured engagement in eight types of creative leisure activities on the previous weekday between April and September 2020. Data were analysed using fixed effects regression models. ## Results Increased time spent gardening was associated with reductions in depressive and anxiety symptoms and enhanced life satisfaction. Spending more time doing woodwork/DIY and arts/crafts were also associated with enhanced life satisfaction. However, more time watching television, films or other similar media (not for information on COVID-19) was associated with increased depressive symptoms. Other creative activities were not associated with mental health or well-being. ## Conclusion Some findings differ from evidence obtained in the UK, demonstrating the importance of replicati
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- Author
- Jessica K Bone; Daisy Fancourt; Jill K Sonke; Meg E Fluharty; Randy Cohen; Jenny B Lee; Anthony J Kolenic; Heidi Radunovich; Feifei Bu
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)