Immediate and Longer-Term Changes in the Mental Health and Well-being of Older Adults in England During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  1. Paola Zaninotto
  2. Eleonora Iob
  3. Panayotes Demakakos
  4. Andrew Steptoe

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  1. Version published to 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.3749
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    Graphical and MI analyses were performed in R version 4.0.2, with the packages mice 33 and ggplot2 34.
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    A possible limitation of our study is that the first round of data collection took place as the first lockdown in England was easing. It is possible that mental health problems were much higher in April and May 2020, and we were not able to assess this. 4 Nevertheless, our study shows the importance of providing resources to manage or attenuate the adverse mental health impact of the pandemic on older people living in the community. Psychological reactions to pandemics are common and include maladaptive behaviours, emotional distress and withdrawal. It is known that psychological factors play an important role in adherence to public health measures, including vaccination, and in how people cope with the threat of infection and consequent losses. We believe that policies should be in place for the immediate provision of diagnosis of mental health problems and targeted psychological interventions to support older people and in particular women, non-partnered people and those from low socioeconomic groups. Access to mental health services should be improved, especially those delivered online, through smartphone technologies, and importantly those over the phone to reach older people with poorer digital resources. As the COVID-19 crisis extends beyond 2020, there is a need to sustain the mental health of older people in the population, and to plan health and social support services as face to face contact becomes more feasible. Given the strong link between depressive symptoms an...

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