Contact patterns of older adults with and without frailty in the Netherlands during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing measures were imposed to protect the population from exposure, especially older adults and people with frailty, who have the highest risk for severe outcomes. These restrictions greatly reduced contacts in the general population, but little was known about behaviour changes among older adults and people with frailty themselves. Our aim was to quantify how COVID-19 measures affected the contact behaviour of older adults and how this differed between older adults with and without frailty.

Methods

In 2021, a contact survey was carried out among people aged 70 years and older in the Netherlands. A random sample of persons per age group (70-74, 75-79, 80-84, 85-89, and 90 +) and gender was invited to participate, either d

SUBMITTER: Backer JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10510272 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature