Resilience For Psychological Impacts Of COVID-19 Pandemic On Older Adults In Thailand

Soonthornchaiya, Rangsiman

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“…Elderly Thai people, including the hill tribe elderly population, have been impacted by physical and mental health issues during the COVID-19 pandemic, including difficulty in maintaining doctor appointments [ 44 ].…”

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Impacts of and survival adaptations to the COVID-19 pandemic among the hill tribe population of northern Thailand: A qualitative study

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Background COVID-19 has exerted a variety of impacts on people, particularly people with limited education living in poor economic settings. This study investigates the impacts of and adaptations to COVID-19 among the hill tribe people of northern Thailand. Methods A qualitative method was used to elicit information from key informants who lived in a hill tribe village in Mae Fah Laung district, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. Fourteen questions on two issues were used to gather information, and an NVivo program was used to extract the findings. Results A total of 57 hill tribe villagers participated, including 36 females and 21 males (mean age of 50.1 years, min = 20 and max = 90). Twenty-seven individuals were Thai Yai, 14 were Yunan Chinese, eight were Akha, and eight were members of other minor tribes. Regarding education and occupation, 30 individuals were illiterate, while 27 had attended different levels of primary school; 40 individuals were unemployed, 13 were employed as daily wage workers and farmers, and the other 4 were attending school. Three age categories were used to assess the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic: impact of access to the educational system among the young, loss of jobs and family financial problems among the working, and access to medical care for the elderly. Six adaptation stages in response to the COVID-19 crisis were observed among the hill tribe people: shock stage with no prior experience, looking for help from health and other agencies, considering the national lockdown policy, complying with prevention and control measures, reducing stressful situations and following the new normal approach, and addressing suffering points at home and elsewhere. Conclusions The COVID-19 pandemic has exerted different impacts on different age categories among the hill tribe population living in remote and border areas. Effective adaptations have been implemented to address the new normal life under the disease, and six adaptation stages have been identified that have helped them survive the greatest threat to humankind today.

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Impacts of and survival adaptations to the COVID-19 pandemic among the hill tribe population of northern Thailand: A qualitative study

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“…We also observed that compassion significantly predicted protective behaviors and resilience significantly predicted anxiety. Research on compassion and resilience is an emerging field and there are gradually more calls for compassion [ 2326 ] and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic [ 7 , 8 , 11 , 57 ] due to their positive influence on behaviors and psychological health. Our results aligned with the findings of some existing studies.…”

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“…Older adults have been highlighted as a vulnerable group to psychological impacts and one psychological health concern that has been recognized is anxiety [ 6 ]. They have more to fear from COVID-19 since they are at greater risk of morbidity and mortality due to the greater likelihood of having existing health conditions and weaker immune systems [ 7 , 8 ]. Other than affecting an individuals mental health, anxiety could potentially affect a larger population as increased anxiety could lead to maladaptive behaviors among individuals, such as panic-buying and over-burdening of community resources due to a disproportionate increase in help-seeking behaviors [ 9 , 10 ].…”

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The interplay between anxiety, fear, protective behaviors, compassion, and resilience among older adults during a COVID-19 lockdown: a structural equation modeling study

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Translational Behavioral Medicine

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The implementation of lockdown measures to curb the transmission of Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has brought about significant psychological impacts and older adults have been identified as one of the vulnerable groups. In the current COVID-19 context among older adults in the community, the fear of COVID-19, anxiety symptoms, compassion, resilience, and the practice of protective behaviors are possibly related to each other in several ways. How these factors relate to each other would have important implications in managing the spread of the disease and its mental health consequences. To this end, we modeled their interrelationships using a structural equation model. Older adults (N = 421), aged 60 and above completed various questionnaires—COVID-19 Fear Inventory, Short form of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory, COVID-19 Risky and Protective Behaviours, Resilience Appraisals Scale, and Compassion Scale during a COVID-19 lockdown. The relationships between these variables were assessed within a structural equation model. The findings showed that older adults who are more compassionate engage in protective behaviors more frequently. Additionally, frequent practice of protective behaviors and greater resilience predicted lower anxiety among older adults. Greater fear predicted higher anxiety levels but did not significantly influence an individual’s engagement in protective behaviors. Mental health services are crucial in fostering resilience and supporting older adults psychologically. Social services are also necessary in maintaining and enhancing social support for older adults. Importantly, these findings suggest that public health communications could promote compassion and avoid using a fear-based approach to increase engagement in protective behaviors.

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“…En cuanto a su aplicación práctica al contexto real de la sociedad, las mismas directrices, en términos de salud mental, que se apliquen en la población general tendrían un efecto positivo en el ajuste psicosocial en los distintos colectivos que conforman nuestra muestra. Éstas podrían ser, de acuerdo con la literatura científica (Bacon y Corr, 2020; Chen y Bonano, 2020; Horesh y Brown, 2020; Killgore et al, 2020;Petzold et al, 2020;Prime et al, 2020;Sibley et al, 2020;Soonthornchaiya, 2020;Yıldırım y Arslan, 2020): la no utilización de estrategias desadaptativas (consumo de sustancias, bloqueo y negación de las emociones negativas, etc), fomentar el uso flexible de la resiliencia en sus diversas vertientes (autoeficacia, optimismo/esperanza, adecuadas estrategias de afrontamiento, buena comunicación familiar y sentido de pertenencia a la comunidad/sociedad), incrementar las competencias socioemocionales (autoeficacia, apoyo sociofamiliar, regulación emocional, optimismo, etc), la promoción de un estilo de vida saludable (sueño y alimentación equilibrados, ejercicio físico regular, tiempo de ocio y hobbies, gratificante actividad sexual y adecuado higiene personal), entre otras.…”

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“…El ajuste o adaptación psicosocial es la capacidad de las personas para adaptarse al entorno, lo que implica que el individuo tiene suficientes mecanismos para sentirse bien, integrarse, responder adecuadamente a las demandas que caracterizan a su etapa vital tales como un funcionamiento adecuado en el ámbito académico y/o laboral. Éste podría actuar como mediadora/moderadora en la interferencia percibida y ante la presencia o no de sintomatología ansiosa, depresiva y de estrés y, a su vez, dependería de una serie de factores tales como la gravedad de la exposición (influida por el apoyo social) y la autoeficacia (Xiao et al, 2020), el optimismo/esperanza (Yıldırım y Arslan, 2020), las adecuadas estrategias de afrontamiento (Petzold et al, 2020), los hábitos de vida saludables (Killgore et al, 2020); el contexto familiar y la vulnerabilidad social (Prime et al, 2020), la confianza en las recomendaciones sanitarias (Sibley et al, 2020) y una buena accesibilidad al sistema sanitario (Soonthornchaiya, 2020).…”

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El papel mediador de las fortalezas psicológicas entre la interferencia académica/laboral y la salud mental durante el confinamiento por COVID-19

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El impacto psicológico debido a la pandemia por coronavirus (COVID-19) ha sido evidenciado. Algunas de las variables asociadas a éste han sido la presencia de problemas financieros previos, ser estudiantes o encontrarse inactivo, todas ellas cuestiones relacionadas con el ámbito laboral y académico. En consecuencia, el objetivo principal del trabajo fue analizar el papel mediador que tienen las fortalezas personales para la salud mental frente a la interferencia académica/laboral provocada por el confinamiento debido a la COVID-19 en España en función del estatus laboral (estudiantes, trabajadores activos e inactivos), controlando a su vez otras variables sociodemográficas (sexo y edad). Para la recogida de datos del presente estudio descriptivo de corte transversal se utilizó una encuesta online, compuesta por instrumentos para valorar el grado de interferencia en las actividades académicas/laborales (ad hoc), las estrategias de afrontamiento desadaptativas (COPE-28), la resiliencia (CD-RISC), la covitalidad (SEHS), los hábitos saludables (ad hoc), el bienestar psicológico (WHO-5) y malestar psicológico (PHQ-4). Los resultados mostraron, por un lado, que los colectivos de estudiantes y de inactividad manifestaron peores indicadores de salud mental y recursos personales, mientras que el efecto contrario fue hallado en el grupo de trabajadores activos; y, por otro lado, los modelos de mediación PROCESS (modelo 4) evidenciaron un efecto amortiguador de los recursos personales entre la interferencia académica/laboral percibida y los indicadores de ajuste psicosocial (bienestar y malestar psicológico), independientemente de la categoría laboral. En conclusión, se destaca la función protectora de los recursos personales en el ajuste psicosocial durante el periodo de confinamiento por COVID-19.

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Resilience For Psychological Impacts Of COVID-19 Pandemic On Older Adults In Thailand

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Impacts of and survival adaptations to the COVID-19 pandemic among the hill tribe population of northern Thailand: A qualitative study

Impacts of and survival adaptations to the COVID-19 pandemic among the hill tribe population of northern Thailand: A qualitative study

The interplay between anxiety, fear, protective behaviors, compassion, and resilience among older adults during a COVID-19 lockdown: a structural equation modeling study

El papel mediador de las fortalezas psicológicas entre la interferencia académica/laboral y la salud mental durante el confinamiento por COVID-19

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