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Symptoms of depression, anxiety, and perceived mastery in older adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam

OBJECTIVE: Governmental measures to protect older adults from COVID-19 are hypothesized to cause anxiety and depression. Previous studies are heterogeneous and showed small effects. This study aims to assess depressive and anxiety symptoms and perceived mastery just after the first wave of the COVID...

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Autores principales: van den Besselaar, Judith H., MacNeil Vroomen, Janet L., Buurman, Bianca M., Hertogh, Cees M.P.M., Huisman, Martijn, Kok, Almar A.L., Hoogendijk, Emiel O.
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Publicado: The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8556729/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34741872
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2021.110656
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author van den Besselaar, Judith H.
MacNeil Vroomen, Janet L.
Buurman, Bianca M.
Hertogh, Cees M.P.M.
Huisman, Martijn
Kok, Almar A.L.
Hoogendijk, Emiel O.
author_facet van den Besselaar, Judith H.
MacNeil Vroomen, Janet L.
Buurman, Bianca M.
Hertogh, Cees M.P.M.
Huisman, Martijn
Kok, Almar A.L.
Hoogendijk, Emiel O.
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description OBJECTIVE: Governmental measures to protect older adults from COVID-19 are hypothesized to cause anxiety and depression. Previous studies are heterogeneous and showed small effects. This study aims to assess depressive and anxiety symptoms and perceived mastery just after the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to previous years in community-dwelling older adults and to identify potential risk groups according to the comprehensive geriatric assessment framework. METHODS: Data were used from 1068 Dutch older adults (aged 55–93 at baseline in 2011–2013) participating in the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam, including 4 follow-ups spanning 9 years. Depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms and feelings of mastery were assessed with the short Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale (CES-D-10), the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale - Anxiety subscale (HADS-A) and the Pearlin Mastery Scale. Linear mixed regression was used to compare outcomes in June-August 2020 to previous years and to examine predictors to identify risk groups. RESULTS: Slight increases in CES-D-10 (1.37, 95% Confidence interval [CI] 1.12;1.62), HADS-A (0.74, 95% CI 0.56;0.94) and mastery (1.10, 95% CI 0.88;1.31) occurred during the COVID year compared to previous years. Older adults with functional limitations or with frailty showed a smaller increase in feelings of mastery in the COVID-year. CONCLUSION: Our results suggest limited mental health effects on older adults from the first COVID-19 wave. Older adults have perhaps better coping strategies than younger adults, or preventive measures did not have extensive consequences for the daily life of older adults. Further monitoring of depression, anxiety and perceived mastery is recommended.
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spelling pubmed-85567292021-11-01 Symptoms of depression, anxiety, and perceived mastery in older adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam van den Besselaar, Judith H. MacNeil Vroomen, Janet L. Buurman, Bianca M. Hertogh, Cees M.P.M. Huisman, Martijn Kok, Almar A.L. Hoogendijk, Emiel O. J Psychosom Res Article OBJECTIVE: Governmental measures to protect older adults from COVID-19 are hypothesized to cause anxiety and depression. Previous studies are heterogeneous and showed small effects. This study aims to assess depressive and anxiety symptoms and perceived mastery just after the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to previous years in community-dwelling older adults and to identify potential risk groups according to the comprehensive geriatric assessment framework. METHODS: Data were used from 1068 Dutch older adults (aged 55–93 at baseline in 2011–2013) participating in the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam, including 4 follow-ups spanning 9 years. Depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms and feelings of mastery were assessed with the short Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale (CES-D-10), the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale - Anxiety subscale (HADS-A) and the Pearlin Mastery Scale. Linear mixed regression was used to compare outcomes in June-August 2020 to previous years and to examine predictors to identify risk groups. RESULTS: Slight increases in CES-D-10 (1.37, 95% Confidence interval [CI] 1.12;1.62), HADS-A (0.74, 95% CI 0.56;0.94) and mastery (1.10, 95% CI 0.88;1.31) occurred during the COVID year compared to previous years. Older adults with functional limitations or with frailty showed a smaller increase in feelings of mastery in the COVID-year. CONCLUSION: Our results suggest limited mental health effects on older adults from the first COVID-19 wave. Older adults have perhaps better coping strategies than younger adults, or preventive measures did not have extensive consequences for the daily life of older adults. Further monitoring of depression, anxiety and perceived mastery is recommended. The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2021-12 2021-10-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8556729/ /pubmed/34741872 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2021.110656 Text en © 2021 The Authors Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.
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van den Besselaar, Judith H.
MacNeil Vroomen, Janet L.
Buurman, Bianca M.
Hertogh, Cees M.P.M.
Huisman, Martijn
Kok, Almar A.L.
Hoogendijk, Emiel O.
Symptoms of depression, anxiety, and perceived mastery in older adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam
title Symptoms of depression, anxiety, and perceived mastery in older adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam
title_full Symptoms of depression, anxiety, and perceived mastery in older adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam
title_fullStr Symptoms of depression, anxiety, and perceived mastery in older adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam
title_full_unstemmed Symptoms of depression, anxiety, and perceived mastery in older adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam
title_short Symptoms of depression, anxiety, and perceived mastery in older adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam
title_sort symptoms of depression, anxiety, and perceived mastery in older adults before and during the covid-19 pandemic: results from the longitudinal aging study amsterdam
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8556729/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34741872
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2021.110656
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