Impact of COVID-19 on mental health and emotional well-being of older adults

Joseph, Letha M.

doi:10.5501/wjv.v11.i3.129

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“…In the applied tests, we were able to observe that the symptoms remained without significant differences during the 18 months from the first COVID-19 symptoms, opening a question about the evolution of the sequelae of COVID-19. The link between resilience may be a protective factor for the fear of COVID-19, its clinical evolution, and relevant point to recover mental health 36,37 and deserves future study for confirmation in climacteric women.…”

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Post-COVID-19 syndrome in a sample of climacteric women living in Latin America

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Objective: The aim of this study was to assess resilience, fear of COVID-19, sleep disorders, and menopause-related symptoms after the acute phase of COVID-19 in middle-aged women with positive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and noninfected women.Methods: This is a cross-sectional, analytical study of climacteric women from 9 Latin American countries, aged 40-64 years, attending a routine health checkup. We evaluated clinical characteristics and used the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, the Fear of COVID-19 Scale, the Jenkins Sleep Scale, and the Menopause Rating Scale to evaluate their health.Results: A total of 1,238 women were studied, including 304 who were positive for COVID-19 reverse transcriptionpolymerase chain reaction. The median (interquartile range) age was 53 (12) years; years of studies, 16 (6); body mass index, 25.6 (5.1) kg/m 2 ; and time since first COVID-19 symptom, 8 (6) months. COVID-19 patients reported fatigability (18.8%), joint and muscular discomfort (14.1%), and anosmia (9.5%). They had a significantly lower resilience score (26.87 ± 8.94 vs 29.94 ± 6.65), higher Fear of , and a higher Jenkins Scale score (6.10 ± 5.70 vs 5.09 ± 5.32) compared with control women. A logistic regression model confirmed these results. There was not a significant difference in the total Menopause Rating Scale score, although the odds ratios for both severe menopausal symptoms (1.34; 95% confidence interval, 1.02-1.76) and the use of hypnotics were higher in women with COVID-19 (1.80; 95% confidence interval, 1.29-2.50) compared with those without infection. We found no decrease in studied outcomes between the initial 7 months versus those reported after 8 to 18 months since first COVID-19 symptoms.Conclusions: COVID-19 climacteric women have sleep disorders, lower resilience and higher fear of COVID-19.

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Post-COVID-19 syndrome in a sample of climacteric women living in Latin America

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“…This lack of outdoor family activities took its toll on older people's mental health (Rogers-Jarrell et al, 2021). Older adults may face long-term effects on their mental health and well-being due to interruptions in social connections with both family and friends and increased loneliness (Joseph, 2022). Increasing outdoor family and social activities could be a key modifying technique to support mental health during and after the pandemic.…”

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Adults’ and older adults’ mental health during COVID-19 in Hong Kong: An ecological analysis of family resilience.

Zhuang,

Wong

2024

Families, Systems, & Health

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Introduction: Based on an ecological model of resilience, this study aimed to identify common and differential ecological risk and protective factors influencing the psychological health of general adult population (aged 18–60) and older adults (older than 60) in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: A population-based random telephone survey was conducted in 2020, and 877 respondents in Hong Kong (308 older adults, i.e., older than 60; 569 adults, i.e., aged 18–60) were interviewed. Multiple group structural equation modeling was used to examine the proposed model. Results: Chinese older adults in Hong Kong reported significantly lower levels of psychological distress than adults, and no difference in levels of family functioning was evident between the two groups. Community resources and family functioning served as important protectors for both groups. Parent–child conflicts were a significant mediator between COVID-19 stressors and psychological distress for adults only, while a decreasing level of outdoor family leisure served as a significant mediator for older adults only. Discussion: The findings highlighted the importance of providing family- and community-based mental health services for Chinese people facing a public health crisis such as COVID-19 in Hong Kong. Mental health services designed for adult and older adult family members should emphasize different components.

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“… 60 Some vulnerable groups, such as people with mental illness, people diagnosed with COVID-19, health care workers, children and adolescents, pregnant women and the elderly were the main subjects of research by psychological resilience researchers. 61 , 62 With the continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic, more and more research on psychological resilience will be carried out gradually, and the research in this area will continue for a long time.…”

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Visual Analysis of Psychological Resilience Research Based on Web of Science Database

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Yi²,

Chen³

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Background The importance of psychological resilience that people show in coping with stress and adversity is prominent, but few studies have used rigorous bibliometric tools to analyze the knowledge structure and distribution of psychological resilience research. Objective The purpose of this study was to sort out and summarize the previous studies on psychological resilience by using bibliometrics. Specifically, the time distribution of psychological resilience research was determined by publication trend, the power distribution was determined by the distribution of countries, authors, institutions and journals, the hot research spots were analyzed according to the results of keyword cluster analysis, and the research frontier was explored according to the results of burst keywords. Methods CiteSpace5.8.R3 was used to analyze the literatures on psychological resilience collected in Web of Science core Collection database from January 1, 2010, to June 16, 2022. Results A total of 8462 literatures were included after screening. Research on psychological resilience has been on the rise in recent years. The United States had made a high contribution in this field. Robert H Pietrzak, George A Bonanno, Connor KM and others were highly influential. J Pers Soc Psychol has the highest citation frequency and centrality. The research hot spots focus on five aspects: study on psychological resilience related to COVID-19 pandemic, influencing factors of psychological resilience, psychological resilience related to PTSD, study on psychological resilience of special population, and the molecular biology and genetic basis of psychological resilience. Psychological resilience related to COVID-19 pandemic was the most cutting-edge research aspect. Conclusion The current situation and trend of psychological resilience research were found in this study, which may be used to identify more hot issues and explore new research directions in this field.

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Impact of COVID-19 on mental health and emotional well-being of older adults

Cited by 9 publications

References 45 publications

Post-COVID-19 syndrome in a sample of climacteric women living in Latin America

Post-COVID-19 syndrome in a sample of climacteric women living in Latin America

Adults’ and older adults’ mental health during COVID-19 in Hong Kong: An ecological analysis of family resilience.

Visual Analysis of Psychological Resilience Research Based on Web of Science Database

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