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Findings from the Optimising Wellbeing in Self-isolation (OWLs) study have been used in the House of Lords recent report on ‘Planning for a Hybrid World’ (see p.34, paragraph 112). The OWLS study explores the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on people with severe mental ill health (SMI); the 367 study participants are members of the Closing The Gap Network's research-ready cohort of 10,000 people with severe mental ill health.
Two research papers which emerged from the OWLS study have been recently published in the British Journal of Psychiatry:
- Investigating smoking & nicotine dependence among people with SMI during the COVID-19 pandemic: analysis of linked data from a UK Closing the Gap cohort. (Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 April 2021)
- The Digital Divide: Amplifying health inequalities for people with severe mental ill health in the time of COVID-19. (Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 April 2021)
Closing the gap information (PDF , 2,199kb)
CtG Network Year in Review 2019_20 (PDF , 11,003kb)