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ArticleThe Psychiatric quarterly2021

Psychosocial Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in Elderly Psychiatric Patients: a Longitudinal Study.

Magdalena Seethaler, Sandra Just, Philip Stötzner, Felix Bermpohl, Eva Janina Brandl

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Article in The Psychiatric quarterly, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Magdalena Seethaler *Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Campus Charité Mitte (Psychiatric University Clinic at St. Hedwig Hospital), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany. magdalena.seethaler@charite.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9145-9217
Sandra Just *Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Campus Charité Mitte (Psychiatric University Clinic at St. Hedwig Hospital), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
Philip StötznerDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Campus Charité Mitte (Psychiatric University Clinic at St. Hedwig Hospital), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
Felix BermpohlDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Campus Charité Mitte (Psychiatric University Clinic at St. Hedwig Hospital), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
Eva Janina BrandlDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Campus Charité Mitte (Psychiatric University Clinic at St. Hedwig Hospital), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study was designed to investigate the impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on mental health and perceived psychosocial support for elderly psychiatric patients in a longitudinal design. n = 32 patients with affective or anxiety disorders aged ≥60 years were included. Telephone interviews were conducted in April/May 2020 (T1) and August 2020 (T2). The psychosocial impact (PSI) of the pandemic and psychopathology were measured. Changes between T1 and T2 were examined. Patients' psychosocial support system six months before the pandemic and at T1/T2 was assessed. We found a significant positive correlation between general PSI and depression as well as severity of illness. General PSI differed significantly depending on social contact. Neither general PSI nor psychopathology changed significantly between T1 and T2. At T1, patients' psychosocial support systems were reduced as compared to six months before. Patients reported an increase in psychosocial support between T1 and T2 and high demand for additional support (sports, arts/occupational therapy, physiotherapy, psychotherapy). Elderly psychiatric patients show a negative PSI of the pandemic. They are likely to suffer from an impaired psychosocial situation, emphasizing the importance of developing concepts for sufficient psychosocial support during a pandemic.

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Anxiety DisordersCOVID-19Mood DisordersPandemicsPatientsAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedCOVID-19DepressionElderlyGeriatric psychiatryMental healthPsychosocial burden

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PMID33904123
PMCPMC8075010
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