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Social Isolation Among Older Adults in the Time of COVID-19: A Gender Perspective

We aimed to analyze inequalities in social isolation among older adults in a time of COVID-19 social restrictions, using a gender perspective. A random population-based survey, including 21,543 older adults (65+) was conducted during and post COVID-19 lockdown in France. Our main outcome was a three...

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Autores principales: Silberzan, Léna, Martin, Claude, Bajos, Nathalie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9228032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35757612
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.840940
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author Silberzan, Léna
Martin, Claude
Bajos, Nathalie
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description We aimed to analyze inequalities in social isolation among older adults in a time of COVID-19 social restrictions, using a gender perspective. A random population-based survey, including 21,543 older adults (65+) was conducted during and post COVID-19 lockdown in France. Our main outcome was a three-dimension indicator of social isolation based on living conditions, i.e., living alone (i) and not having gone out in the past week (ii), completed by an indicator measuring Internet use i.e., never using the Internet (iii). Logistic regressions were used to identify factors associated with isolation for women and men. Women were more likely to live alone (aOR = 2.72 [2.53; 2.92]), not to have gone out in the past week (aOR = 1.53 [1.39; 1.68]), and not to use the Internet (aOR = 1.30 [1.20; 1.44]). In addition to gender effects, being older, at the bottom of the social hierarchy, and from an ethno-racial minority was also associated with social isolation. Preventive policies should take into account these inequalities when addressing the issue of social isolation among older women and men, so as to enable all social groups to maintain social contacts, and access health information.
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spelling pubmed-92280322022-06-25 Social Isolation Among Older Adults in the Time of COVID-19: A Gender Perspective Silberzan, Léna Martin, Claude Bajos, Nathalie Front Public Health Public Health We aimed to analyze inequalities in social isolation among older adults in a time of COVID-19 social restrictions, using a gender perspective. A random population-based survey, including 21,543 older adults (65+) was conducted during and post COVID-19 lockdown in France. Our main outcome was a three-dimension indicator of social isolation based on living conditions, i.e., living alone (i) and not having gone out in the past week (ii), completed by an indicator measuring Internet use i.e., never using the Internet (iii). Logistic regressions were used to identify factors associated with isolation for women and men. Women were more likely to live alone (aOR = 2.72 [2.53; 2.92]), not to have gone out in the past week (aOR = 1.53 [1.39; 1.68]), and not to use the Internet (aOR = 1.30 [1.20; 1.44]). In addition to gender effects, being older, at the bottom of the social hierarchy, and from an ethno-racial minority was also associated with social isolation. Preventive policies should take into account these inequalities when addressing the issue of social isolation among older women and men, so as to enable all social groups to maintain social contacts, and access health information. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-06-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9228032/ /pubmed/35757612 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.840940 Text en Copyright © 2022 Silberzan, Martin, Bajos and EpiCov Study Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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title_short Social Isolation Among Older Adults in the Time of COVID-19: A Gender Perspective
title_sort social isolation among older adults in the time of covid-19: a gender perspective
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9228032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35757612
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.840940
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