Older People in Germany During the COVID-19 Pandemic:The Least, the More, and the Most Affected

Horn, Vincent; Semmler, Malte Sebastian Swen; Schweppe, Cornelia

doi:10.1007/s12062-021-09352-4

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“…Other studies have investigated the COVID-9 pandemic impact in terms of concerns and anxiety 51 or perceived risk and preventive behavior. 52 , 53 Similarly, to our study, they used the LCA and found an increasing level of COVID-19 impact among different classes, for example Horn and colleagues 52 identified three subgroups: the least, the more and the most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, these studies were conducted on specific sub-groups, university students, 51 older adults 52 and social media users 53 while our study concerns the general population.…”

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confidence: 64%

“…Other studies reported an association between female gender and increased psychological distress caused by the pandemic. 51 , 52 , 54 , 55 This result may be related to higher fear and anxiety responses of women related to a perceived higher vulnerability along with an increased risk of developing post-traumatic symptoms as compared to men. 55–58 Similarly, the association between young age, low-income and greater psychological impact of the pandemic is consistent with evidence from other studies.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Nevertheless, the corresponding questions were ad-hoc formulated for the COVID-19 pandemic context and were similar to those used in other studies. 52 , 72 , 73 …”

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Are psychological status and trust in information related to vaccine hesitancy during COVID-19 pandemic? A latent class and mediation analyses in Italy

Maietti

Reno

Sanmarchi

et al. 2022

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

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Despite the recognized benefits of the COVID-19 vaccination, vaccine hesitancy (VH) remains one of the biggest challenges of the mass vaccination campaign. Most studies investigating VH determinants focused on socio-demographics and direct relationships. In this study, we aimed at: 1) identifying subgroups of people differently affected by the pandemic, in terms of psychological status; 2) investigating the role of psychological status and trust in information as possible mediators of the relationship between individual characteristics and VH. To this purpose, a latent class analysis (LCA) followed by a mediation analysis were carried out on data from a survey conducted in January 2021 on 1011 Italian citizens. LCA identified four different subgroups characterized by a differential psychological impact of the pandemic: the extremely affected (21.1%), the highly affected (49.1%), the moderately affected (21.8%) and the slightly affected (8%). We found that VH decreased with the increase of psychological impact (from 59.3% to 23.9%). In the mediation analysis, past vaccination refusal, age 45-54 years and lower-than-average income, were all indirectly related to higher VH through mistrust in COVID-19 information. Differently, the psychological impact counteracted the greater VH in females, the negative effect of social media among youngest (<35 years) and the negative effect of mistrust in the lower-than-average-income subgroup. Knowledge of psychological profile of hesitant individuals, their level of trust and the sources of information they access, together with their sociodemographic characteristics provides a more comprehensive picture of VH determinants that can be used by public health stakeholders to effectively design and adapt communication campaigns.

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Are psychological status and trust in information related to vaccine hesitancy during COVID-19 pandemic? A latent class and mediation analyses in Italy

Maietti

Reno

Sanmarchi

et al. 2022

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

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“…Lower SES groups and older adults with disabilities or diseases may be more likely to be affected, resulting in an underestimation of associations. It should be considered that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic may have worsened the HRQOL of older adults, which is likely to affect socially disadvantaged older adults in particular [ 17 ] . We assume specification errors in our empirical model affect model validity.…”

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Social factors of health-related quality of life in older adults: a multivariable analysis

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Purpose The objective of the analysis was to examine the relationships between sociodemographic, socioeconomic, psychosocial, and behavioural factors and both physical and mental health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in older adults. Methods The analysis was based on recent cross-sectional data of 1687 community residents from a whole population postal survey of German adults aged 65 years and older (33% response rate, 52% female, mean age 76 years). HRQOL was assessed using the 36-Item Short Form Survey (SF-36v2). For a differentiated analysis, hierarchical multiple linear regressions were performed. Results An internal health locus of control, physical activity, social support, and income were positively associated with physical HRQOL (Adj. R2 = 0.34; p < 0.001) and mental HRQOL (Adj. R2 = 0.18; p < 0.001), whereas an external health locus of control and age were negatively associated with both. Alcohol use and educational level were positively associated only with physical HRQOL, whilst female gender was negatively associated only with mental HRQOL. Conclusion Sociodemographic, socioeconomic, psychosocial, and behavioural factors were associated with physical and mental HRQOL. These results highlight the importance of social factors in HRQOL and provide approaches for policy and practice to develop and implement tailored health interventions for older adults. Our findings may be transferable to municipalities in metropolitan areas of high-income European countries. Clinical trial registration: Not applicable.

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“…Moreover, several studies also indicate that risk perception and worry decrease with increasing age 29 . Older men show a lower perception of risk and are less inclined to implement changes in their health behaviour than women and young people 24 .…”

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Six months SARS-CoV-2 serology in a cohort of mRNA vaccinated subjects over 90 years old

Tomaiuolo

Resta

Viganò

et al. 2022

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Ageing is associated with a progressive decline and remodelling of the immune system. Also, the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines has been observed to depend on subjects’ age. The post-vaccination data about patients aged > 90 years old is scarcely represented in the literature. The antibody titre profiles of elderly vaccinated subjects (age > 90 years old) were evaluated and compared with profiles obtained in a younger population (age 23–69 years old). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report providing post-vaccination serological data in subjects aged 90 + years old. This study suggests that distinct SARS-CoV-2 viral-specific antibody response profiles vary based on anti-N serostatus, age, and sex in the very elderly adults. The data obtained could impact the organisation of the vaccination campaign (i.e., prioritisation strategies, administration of additional doses) and the factors that facilitate intentions to receive the vaccination among elderly adults (i.e., vaccine effectiveness).

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Older People in Germany During the COVID-19 Pandemic:The Least, the More, and the Most Affected

Cited by 8 publications

References 62 publications

Are psychological status and trust in information related to vaccine hesitancy during COVID-19 pandemic? A latent class and mediation analyses in Italy

Are psychological status and trust in information related to vaccine hesitancy during COVID-19 pandemic? A latent class and mediation analyses in Italy

Social factors of health-related quality of life in older adults: a multivariable analysis

Six months SARS-CoV-2 serology in a cohort of mRNA vaccinated subjects over 90 years old

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