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ArticleBMC geriatrics2022

Coresidence increases the risk of testing positive for COVID-19 among older Brazilians.

Flavia Cristina Drumond Andrade, Nekehia T Quashie, Luisa Farah Schwartzman

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Article in BMC geriatrics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. COVID-19 precautionary behaviors and vaccine acceptance among older individuals: The role of close kin.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Flavia Cristina Drumond AndradeSchool of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1010 W. Nevada, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA. fandrade@illinois.edu.
Nekehia T QuashieDepartment of Health Studies, University of Rhode Island Independence Square, 25 West Independence Way, Kingston, RI, 02881, USA.
Luisa Farah SchwartzmanDepartment of Sociology, University of Toronto, 3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, ON, L5L 1C6, Canada.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · USUniversity of Rhode Island · USUniversity of Toronto · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBrazil is among the countries hit hardest by COVID-19, and older adults are among the vulnerable groups. Intergenerational coresidence and interdependence among family members, both prevalent in Brazil, likely increase social and physical contact and thus potential infection.

methodsUsing nationally representative data from the COVID-19 module of the Brazilian National Household Sample Survey (Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios), collected between July and November of 2020, we examined the association between living arrangements and exposure to and testing for COVID-19 among 63,816 Brazilians aged 60 years and older. We examine whether living arrangements influence self-reported COVID-19 symptoms as an indicator of subjective health assessment, testing as an indicator of health care service use, and a positive COVID-19 test result as an objective indicator of exposure to the disease.

resultsLiving arrangements shape older adults' vulnerabilities to COVID-19 exposure and testing. Specifically, those living alone were more likely to report having symptoms and having had a test for COVID-19. However, older adults in multigenerational and skipped generation households were more likely than solo-dwellers to test positive for COVID-19. Those with symptoms were more likely to test, regardless of their living arrangement. Among older adults without symptoms, those living alone had a higher probability of testing than those living in multigenerational or skipped-generation households.

conclusionsOverall, our findings suggest that coresidence with younger family members puts older adults' health at risk in the context of COVID-19. As younger Brazilians are increasingly vulnerable to COVID-19 and experiencing severe outcomes, policy makers need to be more attentive to the health needs of households that comprise older and younger cohorts, which are also more prevalent in poor and marginalized segments of the population.

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COVID-19AgedBrazilCOVID-19 TestingHumansIntergenerational RelationsMiddle AgedSARS-CoV-2BrazilCOVID-19 symptomsLiving arrangementsOlder adults

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