ReviewAging clinical and experimental research2021
A review on the COVID-19-related psychological impact on older adults: vulnerable or not?
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- Exploring the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on mood, anxiety, and neurocognitive disorders in older adults: sex, geographic context, and healthcare setting considerations.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Article
- Predictors of Loneliness and Psychological Distress in Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: National Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2025Article
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- Depression, Anxiety, Resilience, and Family Functioning Among Different Age Groups During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A One-Year Longitudinal Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The short-term and long-term prognosis of discharged COVID-19 patients in Guangdong during the first wave of pandemic.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Predicting Intraindividual Change in Satisfaction with Life During COVID-19: A Prospective Study of Swiss Older Adults with Differing Levels of Childhood Adversity.Journal of happiness studies · 2024Article
- Attitudes and perceptions toward the COVID-19 risk-mitigation strategies among racially and ethnically diverse older adults in the United States and Puerto Rico: a qualitative study.Ethnicity & health · 2024Article
- Mental health of individuals with pre-existing mental illnesses at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic: results of the German National Cohort (NAKO).Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- A longitudinal examination of the protective effect of resilience against anxiety among older adults with high COVID-related worry.Cognitive behaviour therapy · 2023Article
- Effects of Locomotion Regulatory Mode on COVID-19 Anxiety: The Mediating Role of Resilience.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Exacerbated PTSD symptoms among older U.S. military veterans during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from the national health and resilience in veterans study.Journal of psychiatric research · 2023Article
- Impact of COVID-19 on quality of life in Peruvian older adults: construct validity, reliability and invariance of the COV19-Impact on Quality of Life (COV19-QoL) measurement.Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS · 2023Article
- Understanding the travel challenges and gaps for older adults during the COVID-19 outbreak: Insights from the New York City area.Transportation research interdisciplinary perspectives · 2023Article
- Research-Practice Partnership to Develop and Implement Routine Mental Health Symptom Tracking Tool Among Older Adults During COVID-19.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2023Article
- Depression, anxiety, stress, and PTSD symptoms during the first and second COVID-19 waves: a comparison of elderly, middle-aged, and young people in Iran.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Taking Charge: Social Support Dynamics among Older Adults and Their Significant Others in COVID-19 Vaccination and Mitigation Efforts.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- [The development of mental health in oldest-old individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of social support].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundCOVID-19 is a novel event of the twenty-first century. Therefore, contemporary research is required to determine the current pandemic's psychological impact on older populations. Soon after the COVID-19 outbreak, several narrative reviews and guidelines were released to support older adult's psychological wellbeing. However, a lack of data from original studies was reported until May 2020.
aimTo identify studies published from May 2020 until January 2021 that quantitatively assessed the mental health impact of COVID-19 on older adults using validated psychometric tools.
methodA comprehensive literature search of original research articles was conducted using specific terms. The screening procedure was conducted stepwise.
resultsAmong the 18 included studies, cross-sectional online surveys indicated that older adults were less psychologically distressed than younger ones. A longitudinal study revealed that COVID-19 did not have a major impact on loneliness and satisfaction with life. On the contrary, studies comparing pre- with peri-pandemic data revealed that older adults experienced more severe depressive/anxiety/stress symptoms and loneliness during the pandemic. Several studies reported though only subclinical symptoms, as well as low loneliness levels during the pandemic.
conclusionsResearch studies suggested that older age may buffer against the COVID-19-related impact on mental health. Despite evidence against generalised perceptions of vulnerability, older adults' ability to adapt to adversity may be uneven, depending on cultural, social, economic and other individual factors. Taken together, the impact, moreover the long-term impact of COVID-19, is expected to vary across countries and older subpopulations, and remains to be evaluated by prospective, longitudinal studies.
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