Coronavirus and quarantine: will we sacrifice our elderly to protect them?

Bouillon‐Minois, Jean‐Baptiste; Lahaye, Clément; Dutheil, Frédéric

doi:10.1016/j.archger.2020.104118

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“…Quarantine increases emotional distress, reduces physical activity, and decreases mental stimulation. Furthermore, social isolation increases the risk of mortality [ 32 , 33 ], therefore, finding an equilibrium between controlling the spread of the epidemic, and decreasing the risk of secondary negative health effects in older adults is of paramount importance [ 34 , 35 ].…”

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Effect of Income Level and Perception of Susceptibility and Severity of COVID-19 on Stay-at-Home Preventive Behavior in a Group of Older Adults in Mexico City

Irigoyen-Camacho

Velázquez-Alva

Zepeda-Zepeda

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Early information on public health behaviors adopted to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) may be useful in controlling the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission. The objective of this study was to assess the role of income level (IL) and the perception of older adults, regarding COVID-19 susceptibility and severity, on adopting stay-at-home preventive behavior during the first week of the outbreak in Mexico. Participants in this cross-sectional study were urban community dwellers, aged ≥ 65 years from Mexico City. A total of 380 interviews were conducted over the phone. The mean respondent age was 72.9 years, and 76.1% were women. Over half (54.2%) of the participants perceived their susceptibility to COVID-19 as very low or low. Similarly, 33.4% perceived COVID-19 severity as being very low or low, and 57.6% had decided to stay at home: this behavior was associated with IL (β = 1.05, p < 0.001), and its total effect was partially mediated (15.1%) by perceived severity. Educational attainment was also associated with staying at home (β = 0.10, p = 0.018) and its total effect was partially mediated (15.0%) by perceived susceptibility. Interventions aimed at low income and less educated older adults should be developed to improve preventive behaviors in this vulnerable group during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Effect of Income Level and Perception of Susceptibility and Severity of COVID-19 on Stay-at-Home Preventive Behavior in a Group of Older Adults in Mexico City

Irigoyen-Camacho

Velázquez-Alva

Zepeda-Zepeda

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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“…[ 17 ] Beside this, there can be a negative impact of quarantine on elderly population in the form of increasing sarcopenia, dependence, risk of falls, loss of disease control which need extra health-care attention by the health-care providers. [ 18 ] People living in low-income and crowded households are dealing with increased stress during social restriction.…”

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COVID-19 pandemic – Impact on elderly and is there a gender bias?

Tandon¹,

Meeta²

2020

J Mid-life Health

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“…42 As a result of quarantine, social isolation, impairs cognition through decreasing social interaction, cognitive training programs and results in increased feeling of loneliness that especially deteriorates the cognitive functions in the elderly with dementia. 43 In the elder patients hospitalized for COVID-19 infection, the most prevalent neurological syndrome was altered level of consciousness 44 and also they may present with some aberrant symptoms such as loss of appetite, confusional state, sudden onset of disorientation and psychological distress which may lead to denial of receiving proper treatment. 45 In a recent study conducted in Spain in 2020, among the patients with positive COVID-19 test, 10 patients had psychotic features with no previous history of psychiatric problem.…”

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Neurocognitive Manifestations of SARS-CoV2: A Narrative Review of Mechanisms

Roozbeh

Pakdaman

et al. 2020

Int Clin Neurosci J

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Introduction Since the global outbreak of COVID-19 that is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in 2020, a lot of aspects of people's lives are affected including their psychological status. 1 Neurological manifestations of COVID-19 can be divided into those affecting the central nervous system (dizziness, ataxia, stroke, encephalitis, demyelination) and those affecting the peripheral nervous system (anosmia, agnosia, Guillain barre syndrome). 2,3 It was previously shown that viral diseases affecting the respiratory system can cause psychological outcomes that may last for a short or long time. 1 Follow-up assessment of survivors of SARS-Cov-2 infection showed that they had multiple psychological disorders including depression, panic attacks, obsessive compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder. 4 Their risk of suicide and psychosis were significantly higher especially until one year of testing positive for SARS. 5 Recently, there is a focus on the neuropsychiatric presentations of COVID-19. It is estimated that more than one-third of patients with COVID-19 experience neuropsychiatric symptoms, including headache, paresthesia, and disturbed consciousness. Neuropsychiatric symptoms usually are associated with a more serious form of disease. 6 Recent studies show that patients affected by COVID-19 may show cognitive impairments like delirium. Their mood may be also affected by COVID-19 by direct and indirect mechanisms and depression, anxiety and insomnia may be prevalent in these patients. 7 Besides biological mechanisms such as positive neurotropism of virus immunological and inflammatory responses, the fear of dying due to the respiratory infection and social isolation, poses a great risk for getting anxiety and panic disorder that may impair cognition 8,9 In this review we aimed to investigated the mechanisms through which COVID-19 can produce psychological disorders that causes cognitive impairment and propose treatment options to decrease

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Coronavirus and quarantine: will we sacrifice our elderly to protect them?

Cited by 16 publications

References 12 publications

Effect of Income Level and Perception of Susceptibility and Severity of COVID-19 on Stay-at-Home Preventive Behavior in a Group of Older Adults in Mexico City

Effect of Income Level and Perception of Susceptibility and Severity of COVID-19 on Stay-at-Home Preventive Behavior in a Group of Older Adults in Mexico City

COVID-19 pandemic – Impact on elderly and is there a gender bias?

Neurocognitive Manifestations of SARS-CoV2: A Narrative Review of Mechanisms

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