Effect of loneliness and sociodemographic, health, COVID-19 pandemic-related factors on depression among older adults.
The present study aimed to identify the presence of depression in older adults and the affecting factors during the COVID-19 pandemic. This cross-sectional study was conducted online with 1320 deliberately recruited older adults in Turkey between February and May 2021. The variables were depression,...
| Publicado en: | Educational Gerontology Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 12 - 27 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jan2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=161062182&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 161062182 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 03601277 EGR jtl: Educational Gerontology issn: 03601277 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jan2023 vid: 49 iid: 1 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 161062182 156432509 161062182 161062182 10.1080/03601277.2022.2065440 161062182 ppf: 12 ppct: 15 formats: tig: atl: Effect of loneliness and sociodemographic, health, COVID-19 pandemic-related factors on depression among older adults. aug: au: Aslan Yılmaz, Banu Önal, Özgür affil: Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey sug: subj: Depression In Old Age COVID-19 Pandemic Psychosocial Factors Loneliness Sociodemographic Factors Health Status Risk Assessment Human Turkiye Female Male Aged Cross Sectional Studies Questionnaires Scales Geriatric Depression Scale Psychological Tests Fear Activities of Daily Living Health Behavior Depression Risk Factors Anxiety Alcohol Drinking Mental Health Multivariate Analysis Data Analysis Software Chi Square Test Multiple Logistic Regression T-Tests Descriptive Statistics Aged: 65+ years Female Male ab: The present study aimed to identify the presence of depression in older adults and the affecting factors during the COVID-19 pandemic. This cross-sectional study was conducted online with 1320 deliberately recruited older adults in Turkey between February and May 2021. The variables were depression, loneliness, fear of COVID-19, and other sociodemographic health variables. In the study, we used the Geriatric Depression Scale, Loneliness Scale, and the Fear of COVID-19 Scale and RLa form including items inquiring information about sociodemographic and COVID-19 related characteristics and health conditions of the participants. In this study, we detected probable-definite depression in 73.8% of the participants. According to the results of multiple logistic regression analysis, we concluded that social and emotional loneliness, increased fear of COVID-19, perceived insufficient income, presence of chronic disease, managing activities of daily living only with assistance, irregular sleep and diet patterns, future anxiety, alcohol use, perception of mental health being negatively affected by the pandemic, and living in regions outside the Mediterranean Region affected the state of probable-definite depression in the participants. Depression was high in older adults during the pandemic. Psychosocial and health promotion interventions for depression risk factors determined from multivariate regression analysis, may enable older adults, who have become more vulnerable due to the restriction measures applied during the COVID-19 pandemic, to be less affected by this period. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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