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Emotional Resilience of Older Adults during COVID-19: A Systematic Review of Studies of Stress and Well-Being.
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- Pooled it
- Tai chi or health education for older adults with hypertension: effects on mental health and psychological resilience to COVID-19.Aging & mental health · 2023Trial
- Psychosocial stress from pre- to post-pandemic times: latent class mixed model analysis using data from a German cohort.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Article
- Pre-Pandemic- and During-COVID-19 Anxiety and Depression Symptoms and Health-Related Quality of Life Were Similar in Injured Older Adults Enrolled in a Clinical Trial.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Resilience and post-traumatic stress symptoms in grandparents following their grandchild's cancer diagnosis from a multicenter cohort study in Switzerland (The GROKids project).Discover oncology · 2026Article
- Persistence and Determinants of Late-Life Depression: Results of the Nationally Representative Longitudinal German Aging Survey 2008 to 2023.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2025Article
- Associations Between Emotional Resilience and Mental Health Among Chinese Adolescents in the School Context: The Mediating Role of Positive Emotions.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Changes in subjective well-being and stress of older adults before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study in Switzerland.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2025Article
- The Lancet Psychiatry Commission: transforming mental health implementation research.The lancet. Psychiatry · 2024Review
- The Wellbeing of Healthcare Workers during COVID-19 Era in Public Primary Health Facilities in Johannesburg, South Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- The beneficial role of personality in preserving well-being during the pandemic: A longitudinal population study.Journal of affective disorders · 2023Article
- Cross-sectional survey of attitudes and beliefs towards dementia risk reduction among Australian older adults.BMC public health · 2023Article
- How Do Late Adults Experience Meaning During the COVID-19 Lockdown? The Role of Intrinsic Goals.Journal of happiness studies · 2023Article
- Psychological Distress Among Older Adults During the First Wave of SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe.International journal of public health · 2023Article
- The role of sexting in couple wellbeing for Italian women during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Emotions, COVID-19 related thoughts and satisfaction with life during the critical period from control to relaxation.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- The experience of aging before one's time during the coronavirus pandemic among war veterans in Israel.Psychiatry research · 2022Article
- Resilience of people with chronic medical conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic: a 1-year longitudinal prospective survey.BMC psychiatry · 2022Article
- Impact of COVID-19 on mental health and emotional well-being of older adults.World journal of virology · 2022Review
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Abstract
objectivesTo examine post-traumatic stress, depression, anxiety, and well-being in older adults under quarantine.
methodsA systematic review of CINAHL, Ovid EBM Reviews, Ovid Embase, Ovid Medline, Ovid PsycINFO, Scopus, and Web of Science from 2000 to 2020 was conducted. Keywords included coronavirus, epidemic, quarantine, stress, mental health, and similar terms. Included studies enrolled participants under quarantine, quantitatively measured mental health or well-being, and characterized outcomes by age.
resultsOf 894 initial results, 20 studies met the criteria and were included. Studies comprise 106,553 participants from eight countries, ages 6-100, two epidemics (COVID-19, SARS), and 27 assessment tools. One study found greater distress in older adults relative to younger adults, one found no significant differences, and 18 found lower negative outcomes in older participants in at least one metric.
conclusionsOlder adults in this review generally have lower stress and less negative emotions under quarantine than younger adults. It is unknown how this compares to pre-pandemic measures. More representative and longitudinal studies are needed to measure the impact of quarantine on the mental health of older adults. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: As existing scales may not capture the full extent of pandemic psychological effects on older adults, clinicians must vigilantly monitor older adults' mental health.
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