Worsened Ability to Engage in Social and Physical Activity During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Older Adults' Mental Health: Longitudinal Analysis From the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Restrictions implemented to mitigate the transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) affected older adults' ability to engage in social and physical activities. We examined mental health outcomes of older adults reporting worsened ability to be socially and physically active during the pandemic.

Research design and methods

Using logistic regression, we examined the relationship between positive screen for depression (10-item Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale) or anxiety (7-item Generalized Anxiety Scale) at the end of 2020 and worsened ability to engage in social and physical activity during the first 6-9 months of the pandemic among older adults in Canada. Interactions between ability to participate in social and physical

SUBMITTER: Cosco TD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10533203 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature