ArticleFrontiers in medicine2021
Face Mask Wearing Behaviors, Depressive Symptoms, and Health Beliefs Among Older People During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05459896 (A Health Apps for Post-Pandemic Years), which is not on this map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Health Apps for Post-Pandemic Years (HAPPY) for People With Physiological and Psychosocial Distress During the Post-Pandemic Era
Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Effects of Exergaming on the Depressive Symptoms of People With Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical nursing · 2025Pooled it
- Psychosocial Determinants of Hand Hygiene, Facemask Wearing, and Physical Distancing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Mask-wearing behavior patterns among dental patients in post-pandemic China: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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- Effect of Surgical Masks and N95 Respirators on Anxiety.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2024Article
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- COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and resistance in an urban Chinese population of Hong Kong: a cross-sectional study.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2022Article
- Factors Associated With Depression and Anxiety in Korean Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Psychiatry investigation · 2022Article
- Personality and compliance with COVID-19 protective measures among older Americans: Moderating effects of age, gender, and race/ethnicity.Personality and individual differences · 2022Article
- Changing Social Mentality among University Students in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Five-Wave Longitudinal Study in China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Wrist accelerometry for monitoring dementia agitation behaviour in clinical settings: A scoping review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Reuse of face masks among adults in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC public health · 2021Article
- One in Five Street Traditional Coffee Vendors Suffered from Depression During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Harar Town, Ethiopia.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2021Article
- Global Imperative of Suicidal Ideation in 10 Countries Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
- COVID-19 Health Beliefs Regarding Mask Wearing and Vaccinations on Twitter: Deep Learning Approach.JMIR infodemiologyArticle
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected more than 100 countries. Despite the global shortage of face masks, the public has adopted universal mask wearing as a preventive measure in many Asian countries. The COVID-19 mortality rate is higher among older people, who may find that wearing a face mask protects their physical health but jeopardizes their mental health. This study aimed to explore the associations between depressive symptoms, health beliefs, and face mask wearing behaviors among older people. By means of an online survey conducted between March and April 2020, we assessed depressive symptoms, health beliefs regarding COVID-19, and face mask use and reuse among community-dwelling older people. General linear models were employed to explore the associations among these variables. Of the 355 valid participants, 25.6% experienced depressive symptoms. Health beliefs regarding the perceived severity of disease (
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