Crisis response during the COVID-19 pandemic: Changes in social contact and social participation of older Americans.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to assess changes in social contact with family, friends and healthcare providers, as well as social participation in working, volunteering, religious services and other organized activities, among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic while examining the role of pre-COVID sociodemographic characteristics or cognitive and physical limitations in changes in social contact and participation.

Methods

We conducted secondary data analyses in the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) COVID-19 questionnaire, collected in 2020 during a period of workplace closures and social distancing guidelines. We linked data to pre-COVID sociodemographic and medical information collected in 2019 before COVID interrupted social life. The frequency of partic

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10374158 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature