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Depression and Anxiety in Old Age during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Study of Individuals at Cardiovascular Risk and the General Population

Our study aims to examine the associations of sociodemographic factors, social support, resilience, and perceptions of the COVID-19 pandemic with late-life depression and anxiety symptoms in a cardiovascular risk group and a matched sample from the German general population during the beginning of t...

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Autores principales: Gerhards, Sina K., Luppa, Melanie, Röhr, Susanne, Pabst, Alexander, Bauer, Alexander, Frankhänel, Thomas, Döhring, Juliane, Escales, Catharina, Zöllinger, Isabel Renate, Oey, Anke, Brettschneider, Christian, Wiese, Birgitt, Hoffmann, Wolfgang, Gensichen, Jochen, König, Hans-Helmut, Frese, Thomas, Thyrian, Jochen René, Kaduszkiewicz, Hanna, Riedel-Heller, Steffi G.
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Lenguaje:English
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9957242/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36833671
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20042975
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author Gerhards, Sina K.
Luppa, Melanie
Röhr, Susanne
Pabst, Alexander
Bauer, Alexander
Frankhänel, Thomas
Döhring, Juliane
Escales, Catharina
Zöllinger, Isabel Renate
Oey, Anke
Brettschneider, Christian
Wiese, Birgitt
Hoffmann, Wolfgang
Gensichen, Jochen
König, Hans-Helmut
Frese, Thomas
Thyrian, Jochen René
Kaduszkiewicz, Hanna
Riedel-Heller, Steffi G.
author_facet Gerhards, Sina K.
Luppa, Melanie
Röhr, Susanne
Pabst, Alexander
Bauer, Alexander
Frankhänel, Thomas
Döhring, Juliane
Escales, Catharina
Zöllinger, Isabel Renate
Oey, Anke
Brettschneider, Christian
Wiese, Birgitt
Hoffmann, Wolfgang
Gensichen, Jochen
König, Hans-Helmut
Frese, Thomas
Thyrian, Jochen René
Kaduszkiewicz, Hanna
Riedel-Heller, Steffi G.
author_sort Gerhards, Sina K.
collection PubMed
description Our study aims to examine the associations of sociodemographic factors, social support, resilience, and perceptions of the COVID-19 pandemic with late-life depression and anxiety symptoms in a cardiovascular risk group and a matched sample from the German general population during the beginning of the pandemic and draw a comparison regarding psychosocial characteristics. Data of n = 1236 participants (aged 64–81 years) were analyzed, with n = 618 participants showing a cardiovascular risk profile, and n = 618 participants from the general population. The cardiovascular risk sample had slightly higher levels of depressive symptoms and felt more threatened by the virus due to pre-existing conditions. In the cardiovascular risk group, social support was associated with less depressive and anxiety symptoms. In the general population, high social support was associated with less depressive symptoms. Experiencing high levels of worries due to COVID-19 was associated with more anxiety in the general population. Resilience was associated with less depressive and anxiety symptoms in both groups. Compared to the general population, the cardiovascular risk group showed slightly higher levels of depressive symptomatology even at the beginning of the pandemic and may be supported by addressing perceived social support and resilience in prevention programs targeting mental health.
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spelling pubmed-99572422023-02-25 Depression and Anxiety in Old Age during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Study of Individuals at Cardiovascular Risk and the General Population Gerhards, Sina K. Luppa, Melanie Röhr, Susanne Pabst, Alexander Bauer, Alexander Frankhänel, Thomas Döhring, Juliane Escales, Catharina Zöllinger, Isabel Renate Oey, Anke Brettschneider, Christian Wiese, Birgitt Hoffmann, Wolfgang Gensichen, Jochen König, Hans-Helmut Frese, Thomas Thyrian, Jochen René Kaduszkiewicz, Hanna Riedel-Heller, Steffi G. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Our study aims to examine the associations of sociodemographic factors, social support, resilience, and perceptions of the COVID-19 pandemic with late-life depression and anxiety symptoms in a cardiovascular risk group and a matched sample from the German general population during the beginning of the pandemic and draw a comparison regarding psychosocial characteristics. Data of n = 1236 participants (aged 64–81 years) were analyzed, with n = 618 participants showing a cardiovascular risk profile, and n = 618 participants from the general population. The cardiovascular risk sample had slightly higher levels of depressive symptoms and felt more threatened by the virus due to pre-existing conditions. In the cardiovascular risk group, social support was associated with less depressive and anxiety symptoms. In the general population, high social support was associated with less depressive symptoms. Experiencing high levels of worries due to COVID-19 was associated with more anxiety in the general population. Resilience was associated with less depressive and anxiety symptoms in both groups. Compared to the general population, the cardiovascular risk group showed slightly higher levels of depressive symptomatology even at the beginning of the pandemic and may be supported by addressing perceived social support and resilience in prevention programs targeting mental health. MDPI 2023-02-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9957242/ /pubmed/36833671 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20042975 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Gerhards, Sina K.
Luppa, Melanie
Röhr, Susanne
Pabst, Alexander
Bauer, Alexander
Frankhänel, Thomas
Döhring, Juliane
Escales, Catharina
Zöllinger, Isabel Renate
Oey, Anke
Brettschneider, Christian
Wiese, Birgitt
Hoffmann, Wolfgang
Gensichen, Jochen
König, Hans-Helmut
Frese, Thomas
Thyrian, Jochen René
Kaduszkiewicz, Hanna
Riedel-Heller, Steffi G.
Depression and Anxiety in Old Age during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Study of Individuals at Cardiovascular Risk and the General Population
title Depression and Anxiety in Old Age during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Study of Individuals at Cardiovascular Risk and the General Population
title_full Depression and Anxiety in Old Age during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Study of Individuals at Cardiovascular Risk and the General Population
title_fullStr Depression and Anxiety in Old Age during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Study of Individuals at Cardiovascular Risk and the General Population
title_full_unstemmed Depression and Anxiety in Old Age during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Study of Individuals at Cardiovascular Risk and the General Population
title_short Depression and Anxiety in Old Age during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Study of Individuals at Cardiovascular Risk and the General Population
title_sort depression and anxiety in old age during the covid-19 pandemic: a comparative study of individuals at cardiovascular risk and the general population
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9957242/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36833671
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20042975
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