The effect of pre-pandemic PTSD and depression symptoms on mental distress among older adults during COVID-19

Cohn‐Schwartz, Ella; Shrira, Amit

doi:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.05.022

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“…The study also considered the context regarding the evolution of the pandemic and associated public health guidance during the measurement period by adding two covariates: New Deaths per Million and Stringency Index, adapted from OxCGRT. The measurements of prevention actions and negative emotions and COVID-19 incidence were adapted from previous studies ( 7 , 30 , 49 – 51 ).…”

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Exploring the relationship between older adults’ online health information seeking, negative emotions and prevention behaviors in the pandemic context: a two-wave longitudinal study

Liu,

Song,

Zhu

2024

Front. Public Health

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IntroductionDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, older adults were facing more mental health issues that may cause complex impacts on pandemic prevention, and turning to the internet for health information is a double-edged sword for them. This study aimed to investigate the reciprocal relationship between negative emotions and prevention behaviors in older adults, as well as the direct and moderating effects of online health information seeking (OHIS) on negative emotions and prevention behaviors.MethodsBased on the common-sense model of self-regulation (CSM) and a sample of more than 20,000 participants from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), this study first used an autoregressive cross-lagged panel model (CLPM) to analyze the longitudinal effect of negative emotions on prevention behaviors. Second, the study used ordinary least squares (OLS) regression to explore the influence of OHIS usage frequency changes on negative emotions and prevention behaviors. Third, the study used multigroup analysis to examine the moderating effect of OHIS usage frequency changes on the CLPM.ResultsThe findings indicate a significant longitudinal association where initial negative emotions predicted later prevention behaviors (β = 0.038, p < 0.001), and increased OHIS frequency was linked to positive changes in prevention behavior (β = 0.109, p < 0.001). Multigroup analysis revealed that the connection between negative emotions or increased negative emotions and prevention behaviors remained significant for those with no change or an increase in OHIS frequency but not for those with a decrease.ConclusionThis study suggested that negative emotions may drive older adults to engage more in prevention behaviors and that OHIS can augment this effect. These results underscore the importance of addressing mental health and providing reliable online health information to support older adults in managing infectious disease risks.

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confidence: 99%

Exploring the relationship between older adults’ online health information seeking, negative emotions and prevention behaviors in the pandemic context: a two-wave longitudinal study

Liu,

Song,

Zhu

2024

Front. Public Health

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“…Según Cohn-Schwartz et al, (2022), El efecto del TEPT prepandémico y los síntomas de depresión en el malestar mental entre los adultos mayores durante la COVID-19, indica que, los adultos mayores que padecían de TEPT y depresión antes de la pandemia mostraron un mayor riesgo de incrementar la sintomatología depresiva y ansiosa, en comparación con los que no tenían diagnóstico psicopatológico previo a la pandemia.…”

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“…Por otro lado, Cohn et al (2022), indica que, los adultos mayores percibieron la pandemia como un factor estresante que abarco varios desafíos y que, condujo a una disminución de la salud mental y la calidad de vida. Además, en una publicación recientemente realizada en el País Vasco, los individuos mayores de 60 años experimentaron mayor estrés y ansiedad durante la pandemia que los individuos sin patologías previas (Aranda, et al, 2021;Rodríguez et al, 2014) menciona que, es de vital importancia la percepción de los adultos mayores sobre su salud mental, ya que, influye en su calidad de vida puesto que abarca aspectos físicos, afectivos y sociales.…”

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Trastorno del Estrés Postraumático y calidad de vida del adulto mayor en pandemia

Estrada-Verdugo,

Luzuriaga-Mera,

Polo-Martínez

2023

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Los Adultos Mayores (AM) en el tiempo de pandemia del COVID-19, fueron el grupo más vulnerable, se vio amenazada su salud física como mental, las condiciones del encierro, abandono, enfermedad y muerte marcaron en muchos de ellos una huella de temor permanente, la pérdida de los seres queridos, esta condición fue otro factor que aumentó su vulnerabilidad, activando y agravando alteraciones de la salud mental como el Trastorno de Estrés Postraumático (TEPT) que afectó su calidad de vida. Es por ello que, el presente artículo tiene como objetivo analizar la afectación de este trastorno en la calidad de vida del adulto mayor en tiempos de pandemia del COVID-19. Para lo cual se realizó una revisión sistemática descriptiva en la que se utilizaron las siguientes bases de datos científicas como: PudMed, Scopus y Springer Link, basándose en las palabras claves como: pandemia, COVID-19, adulto mayor, Trastorno de Estrés Postraumático y calidad de vida y obteniendo luego de la depuración mediante el Método PRISMA se obtuvo 21 artículos científicos que proporcionaron la información requerida para la construcción del presente trabajo. Los principales resultados demostraron que, los adultos mayores al verse frente al aislamiento social, el empeoramiento económico, el fallecimiento de familiares o conocidos, el temor a infectarse e incluso a morir mostraron síntomas que evidencian la presencia del TEPT que afectó de manera significativa a la calidad de vida.

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“…There is also evidence that loneliness significantly contributes to PTSS and loneliness may be a risk factor for later development of PTSD [40,60,61,73,74]. In one recent study, Cohn-Schwartz et al [75] reported that older adults with a pre-morbid combination of what the investigators labeled "PTSD" and depressive symptoms were more likely to report increases in loneliness (and depression) during the pandemic. Taken together, these raise the possibility that the association may be bi-directional: loneliness may be a risk factor for development of PTSD in response to significant trauma, and PTSD may be a risk factor for subsequent social isolation and loneliness.…”

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Loneliness in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Neglected Factor in Accelerated Aging?

Palmer

Hussain

Lohr

2022

JAL

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Prior research suggests that people with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) may experience a form of accelerated biological aging. In other populations, loneliness has been shown to elevate risk for many of the same components of accelerated biological aging, and other deleterious outcomes, as seen in people with PTSD. Although standard diagnostic criteria for PTSD include “feelings of detachment or estrangement from others”, the relationship of such feelings to the concept of loneliness remains uncertain, in par potentially due to a failure to distinguish between loneliness versus objective social isolation. In order to catalyze wider research attention to loneliness in PTSD, and the potential contribution to accelerated biological aging, the present paper provides three components: (1) a conceptual overview of the relevant constructs and potential interrelationships, (2) a review of the limited extant empirical literature, and (3) suggested directions for future research. The existing empirical literature is too small to support many definitive conclusions, but there is evidence of an association between loneliness and symptoms of PTSD. The nature of this association may be complex, and the causal direction(s) uncertain. Guided by the conceptual overview and review of existing literature, we also highlight key areas for further research. The ultimate goal of this line of work is to elucidate mechanisms underlying any link between loneliness and accelerated aging in PTSD, and to develop, validate, and refine prevention and treatment efforts.

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The effect of pre-pandemic PTSD and depression symptoms on mental distress among older adults during COVID-19

Cited by 6 publications

References 23 publications

Exploring the relationship between older adults’ online health information seeking, negative emotions and prevention behaviors in the pandemic context: a two-wave longitudinal study

Exploring the relationship between older adults’ online health information seeking, negative emotions and prevention behaviors in the pandemic context: a two-wave longitudinal study

Trastorno del Estrés Postraumático y calidad de vida del adulto mayor en pandemia

Loneliness in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Neglected Factor in Accelerated Aging?

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