ArticleBMJ open2022
Venerable vulnerability or remarkable resilience? A prospective study of the impact of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine measures on loneliness in Swedish older adults with home care.
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- Long-term development of loneliness in older people and associations with stringency of COVID-19 measures: an observational cohort study.Age and ageing · 2024Observational
- Being used for the greater good while fighting on the frontline: care staff's experiences of working with older people during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- The association between leisure engagement and loneliness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Nordic population-based study.Scandinavian journal of public health · 2023Article
- Physical exercise practice was positively associated with better dietary practices of aged people during COVID-19 social distance: A cross-sectional study.Clinical nutrition ESPEN · 2023Article
- Surviving Through Solitude: A Prospective National Study of the Impact of the Early COVID-19 Pandemic and a Visiting Ban on Loneliness Among Nursing Home Residents in Sweden.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2022Article
- Intersectional inequalities in loneliness among older adults before and during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: A total population survey in the Swedish eldercare setting.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo examine the early impact of the pandemic and of quarantine measures targeting older adults introduced in March 2020 on loneliness among older adults in Sweden.
settingThe population of older adults receiving home care before and during the emergence of the first COVID-19 pandemic wave in Sweden in Spring 2020.
participantsRespondents (n=45 123, mean age 85.6 years, 67.6% women) came from two waves of a total population survey targeting all community-dwelling older adults receiving home care for older adults in Sweden in Spring 2019 and 2020. OUTCOME: Self-reported loneliness.
resultsResults estimated 14% (95% CI: 10 to 19) higher loneliness in Spring 2020 compared with 2019, taking covariates into account. No impact of the quarantine measure was found (1% increase, 95% CI: -1 to 4).
conclusionsThe results illustrate the broader public health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for older adults, but also suggest a relative resilience among older adults in home care to quarantine measures, at least during the first months of the pandemic. Future studies should examine the long-term effects of sustained pandemic and social distancing measures on loneliness among older adults.
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