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IS ONLINE ACCESS AND ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH BETTER MOOD IN OLDER ADULTS LIVING ALONE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC?

Older adults living alone during the COVID-19 pandemic face risks for social isolation and mental health problems. The goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between access to internet-capable devices or utilizing email/ texting, social networking [SN], or health-related internet use...

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Autores principales: Koren, Yael, Leveille, Suzanne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9766610/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac059.1474
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description Older adults living alone during the COVID-19 pandemic face risks for social isolation and mental health problems. The goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between access to internet-capable devices or utilizing email/ texting, social networking [SN], or health-related internet use [HIU] and psychological outcomes (depressive and anxiety symptoms) among older adults living in the community during the early months of the pandemic, March, 2020-May, 2020. A cross-sectional analysis of the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS, Round 10) was conducted, using multivariable logistic regression. Adults aged ≥85y were more likely to live alone than those aged 65-84y (34.3% and 24.9% respectively, p< 0.001). Additionally, 39.6% of women lived alone compared with 21.2% of men (p< 0.001). Fewer people living alone had access to an internet-enabled device than those living with others (10.4% and 5.4%, respectively). Among older adults living alone, utilizing SN and HIU was associated with lower likelihood of depression or anxiety (Depression: adj.OR 0.36, CI 0.17-0.77; Anxiety: adj.OR 0.31 CI 0.13-0.76). Alternatively, among those living with others, using email/ texting was associated with lower likelihood of depression and anxiety (Depression: adj.OR 0.23, CI 0.13-0.46, Anxiety: 0.33 CI, 0.17-0.67). In summary, internet activity was associated with reduced risk for depression and anxiety among older adults who lived alone or with others early in the pandemic. Further research is needed to better understand the potentially mitigating role of internet activities among older adults at risk for isolation and associated mood disturbances.
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spelling pubmed-97666102022-12-20 IS ONLINE ACCESS AND ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH BETTER MOOD IN OLDER ADULTS LIVING ALONE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC? Koren, Yael Leveille, Suzanne Innov Aging Abstracts Older adults living alone during the COVID-19 pandemic face risks for social isolation and mental health problems. The goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between access to internet-capable devices or utilizing email/ texting, social networking [SN], or health-related internet use [HIU] and psychological outcomes (depressive and anxiety symptoms) among older adults living in the community during the early months of the pandemic, March, 2020-May, 2020. A cross-sectional analysis of the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS, Round 10) was conducted, using multivariable logistic regression. Adults aged ≥85y were more likely to live alone than those aged 65-84y (34.3% and 24.9% respectively, p< 0.001). Additionally, 39.6% of women lived alone compared with 21.2% of men (p< 0.001). Fewer people living alone had access to an internet-enabled device than those living with others (10.4% and 5.4%, respectively). Among older adults living alone, utilizing SN and HIU was associated with lower likelihood of depression or anxiety (Depression: adj.OR 0.36, CI 0.17-0.77; Anxiety: adj.OR 0.31 CI 0.13-0.76). Alternatively, among those living with others, using email/ texting was associated with lower likelihood of depression and anxiety (Depression: adj.OR 0.23, CI 0.13-0.46, Anxiety: 0.33 CI, 0.17-0.67). In summary, internet activity was associated with reduced risk for depression and anxiety among older adults who lived alone or with others early in the pandemic. Further research is needed to better understand the potentially mitigating role of internet activities among older adults at risk for isolation and associated mood disturbances. Oxford University Press 2022-12-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9766610/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac059.1474 Text en © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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IS ONLINE ACCESS AND ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH BETTER MOOD IN OLDER ADULTS LIVING ALONE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC?
title IS ONLINE ACCESS AND ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH BETTER MOOD IN OLDER ADULTS LIVING ALONE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC?
title_full IS ONLINE ACCESS AND ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH BETTER MOOD IN OLDER ADULTS LIVING ALONE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC?
title_fullStr IS ONLINE ACCESS AND ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH BETTER MOOD IN OLDER ADULTS LIVING ALONE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC?
title_full_unstemmed IS ONLINE ACCESS AND ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH BETTER MOOD IN OLDER ADULTS LIVING ALONE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC?
title_short IS ONLINE ACCESS AND ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH BETTER MOOD IN OLDER ADULTS LIVING ALONE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC?
title_sort is online access and activity associated with better mood in older adults living alone during the covid-19 pandemic?
topic Abstracts
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9766610/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac059.1474
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