Mental health in elderly Spanish people in times of COVID-19 outbreak

L García-Fernández, V Romero-Ferreiro… - The American Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background We aim to assess COVID-19 outbreak-related emotional symptoms, identify
gender differences, and study the relationship between the emotional state and …

Are older adults also at higher psychological risk from COVID-19?

P García-Portilla, L de la Fuente Tomás… - Aging & mental …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Given the lack of information on the psychological impact of COVID-19 on people
aged≥ 60, we aimed to describe their psychological responses to this pandemic and …

Stress, anxiety, and depression in people aged over 60 in the COVID-19 outbreak in a sample collected in Northern Spain

MP Gorrochategi, AE Munitis, MD Santamaria… - The American journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective This study examines the levels of stress, anxiety, and depression in people over
60 years of age at the time of the COVID-19 outbreak. Design The study used an exploratory …

Early psychological correlates associated with COVID-19 in a Spanish older adult sample

T Bobes-Bascarán, PA Sáiz, A Velasco… - The American journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective Main aims of the study are to examine the early psychological correlates
associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown on the mental health of a Spanish …

A study of older adults' mental health across 33 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic

CM Tyler, GB McKee, E Alzueta, PB Perrin… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Despite older adults' extremely high vulnerability to COVID-19 complications and death, few
studies have examined how personal characteristics and the COVID-19 pandemic have …

Mental health status of Italian elderly subjects during and after quarantine for the COVID‐19 pandemic: a cross‐sectional and longitudinal study

G Maggi, I Baldassarre, A Barbaro, ND Cavallo… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background The elderly are more vulnerable to COVID‐19 and therefore need to adopt long‐
term social distancing measures. The duration of quarantine impacts the psychological …

Psychological, social and health-related challenges in Spanish older adults during the lockdown of the COVID-19 first wave

R Rodríguez-González, D Facal… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background: The global pandemic of COVID-19 has required a population lockdown. Spain
has one of the oldest/most aging populations in the world and was one of the most affected …

A longitudinal study monitoring the quality of life in a national cohort of older adults in Chile before and during the COVID-19 outbreak

MS Herrera, R Elgueta, MB Fernández, C Giacoman… - BMC geriatrics, 2021 - Springer
Background Confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic has placed great stress on older
adults, which may be affecting their quality of life. Thus, this study aims to describe the …

COVID-19 epidemic in Argentina: worsening of behavioral symptoms in elderly subjects with dementia living in the community

G Cohen, MJ Russo, JA Campos, RF Allegri - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In Argentina, the quality of care that elderly subjects with dementia living in the community
received has been deeply affected by COVID-19 epidemic. Our objective was to study to …

Differences in anxiety, sadness, loneliness and comorbid anxiety and sadness as a function of age and self-perceptions of aging during the lock-out period due to …

A Losada-Baltar, M Márquez-González… - Revista espanola de …, 2020 - europepmc.org
Objectives To analyze differences by age group in anxiety, depression, loneliness and
comorbid anxiety and depression in young people, middle aged adults and older adults …