A crisis for elderly with mental disorders: Relapse of symptoms due to heightened anxiety due to COVID-19

Mehra, Aseem; Rani, Seema; Sahoo, Swapnajeet; Parveen, Shabana; Singh, Ajay; Chakrabarti, Subho; Grover, Sandeep

doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102114

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“…É necessário que os meios de comunicação sejam mais sensíveis às necessidades dos idosos e promovam estatísticas preventivas, mas, sob o traje de promover a prevenção, eles não devem criar um susto para os idosos (MEHRA et al, 2020).…”

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“…A pandemia do COVID-19 é agora uma preocupação para a saúde pública. Esta afeta pessoas em todo o mundo e está associada a uma mortalidade relativamente maior entre idosos, com taxas variando de 3,6% a 14,8% (MEHRA et al, 2020). É perceptível, que o isolamento entre a população idosa é preocupante devido ao seu risco aumentado de problemas cardiovasculares, neurocognitivos, autoimunes e de saúde mental (ARMITAGE et al, 2020).…”

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COVID-19: seus impactos clínicos e psicológicos na população idosa

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Oliveira

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COVID-19: seus impactos clínicos e psicológicos na população idosa

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“…Elderly people, especially those with little social support and living alone and those who already suffer from a mental disorder [14,15] or another chronic disease, are particularly vulnerable. A recent study in Spain of a sample of the elderly with a mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia during a coronavirus-related quarantine [16] reveals that those who were living alone reported more prominent adverse psychological effects and trouble sleeping than others.…”

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The social support networks of elderly people in Slovenia during the Covid-19 pandemic

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Ferligoj²,

Kogovšek³

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Population ageing requires society to adjust by ensuring additional types of services and assistance for elderly people. These may be provided by either organized services and sources of informal social support. The latter is especially important since a lack of social support is associated with a lower level of psychological and physical well-being. During the Covid-19 pandemic, social support for the elderly has proven to be even more crucial, also due to physical distancing. Therefore, this study aims to identify and describe the various types of personal social support networks of the elderly population during the coronavirus pandemic. To this end, a survey of Slovenians older than 64 years was conducted from April 25 to May 4, 2020 on a probability Web-panel-based sample (n = 605). The ego-networks were clustered by a hierarchical clustering approach for symbolic data. Clustering was performed for different types of social support (socializing, instrumental support, emotional support) and different characteristics of the social support networks (i.e., type of relationship, number of contacts, geographical distance). The results show that most of the elderly population in Slovenia have a satisfactory social support network, while the share of those without any (accessible) source of social support is significant. The results are particularly valuable for sustainable care policy planning, crisis intervention planning as well as any future waves of the coronavirus.

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“…Tais condições podem ser exacerbadas no contexto pandêmico vivenciado, visto que, o distanciamento social e a maior vulnerabilidade ao processo de adoecimento apresentam-se mais elevado neste público. Além disso, a influência da mídia na divulgação crescente do número de casos referente à COVID-19, pode impactar negativamente na saúde mental destes, causando muitas vezes temor diante da exposição das condições atuais da pandemia (MEHRA et al, 2020).…”

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