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Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment Can Correct COVID-19 Health-Related Misconceptions.
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- Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment Can Correct COVID-19 Health-Related Misconceptions.Health science reports · 2026Article
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Background: Misconceptions are a major cause of poor health through adverse health-related decisions and behavior, yet common techniques to refute these beliefs may be ineffective for older adults and/or difficult to implement. Based on well-established methods from cognitive science, we tested the short- and long-term effectiveness of a simple learning method to dispel misconceptions related to COVID-19 in older adults with and without cognitive impairment. Methods: Participants rated COVID-19 misconceptions as either true/false or yes/no, remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. Immediately following the pretest of misconceptions, participants received feedback about their responses consisting of the knowledge statement, their answer, the correct answer, and an explanation of the correct answer. A surprise retest of the same statements occurred after 30 min and then again after 1 week. Additional measures including cognitive testing, self-reported mood, and variables related to COVID-19 (e.g., vaccine hesitancy) were also given. Older adults were categorized into two groups (i.e., healthy, impaired) based on recommended cutoffs from a cognitive screener, the MoCA-Blind. Results: Older adults with cognitive impairment ( Conclusions: We demonstrated that a simple learning method can lead to persistent knowledge gains in even older adults with demonstrated cognitive deficits. Adding these novel results to the existing literature suggests that "myth-busting" may be an effective learning technique for people with a range of ages, cognitive abilities, experiences, and beliefs.
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