The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on wellbeing and cognitive functioning of older adults

COVID-19 took a heavy toll on older adults. In Belgium, by the end of August, 93% of deaths due to COVID-19 were aged 65 or older. Similar trends were observed in other countries. As a consequence, older adults were identified as a group at risk, and strict governmental restrictions were imposed on...

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Autores principales: De Pue, Sarah, Gillebert, Céline, Dierckx, Eva, Vanderhasselt, Marie-Anne, De Raedt, Rudi, Van den Bussche, Eva
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7907111/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33633303
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84127-7
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author De Pue, Sarah
Gillebert, Céline
Dierckx, Eva
Vanderhasselt, Marie-Anne
De Raedt, Rudi
Van den Bussche, Eva
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description COVID-19 took a heavy toll on older adults. In Belgium, by the end of August, 93% of deaths due to COVID-19 were aged 65 or older. Similar trends were observed in other countries. As a consequence, older adults were identified as a group at risk, and strict governmental restrictions were imposed on them. This has caused concerns about their mental health. Using an online survey, this study established the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adults aged 65 years or older, and which factors moderate this impact. Participants reported a significant decrease in activity level, sleep quality and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Depression was strongly related to reported declines in activity level, sleep quality, wellbeing and cognitive functioning. Our study shows that the COVID-19 pandemic had a severe impact on the mental health of older adults. This implies that this group at risk requires attention of governments and healthcare.
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spelling pubmed-79071112021-02-26 The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on wellbeing and cognitive functioning of older adults De Pue, Sarah Gillebert, Céline Dierckx, Eva Vanderhasselt, Marie-Anne De Raedt, Rudi Van den Bussche, Eva Sci Rep Article COVID-19 took a heavy toll on older adults. In Belgium, by the end of August, 93% of deaths due to COVID-19 were aged 65 or older. Similar trends were observed in other countries. As a consequence, older adults were identified as a group at risk, and strict governmental restrictions were imposed on them. This has caused concerns about their mental health. Using an online survey, this study established the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adults aged 65 years or older, and which factors moderate this impact. Participants reported a significant decrease in activity level, sleep quality and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Depression was strongly related to reported declines in activity level, sleep quality, wellbeing and cognitive functioning. Our study shows that the COVID-19 pandemic had a severe impact on the mental health of older adults. This implies that this group at risk requires attention of governments and healthcare. Nature Publishing Group UK 2021-02-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7907111/ /pubmed/33633303 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84127-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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