Mental Health Impacts of COVID-19: Does Prepandemic Cognition and Dementia Status Matter?

ABSTRACT:

Background

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic disrupted daily life and led to sharp shocks in trends for various health outcomes. Although substantial evidence exists linking the pandemic and mental health outcomes and linking dementia and mental health outcomes, little evidence exists on how cognitive status may alter the impact of COVID-19 on mental health.

Methods

We used prepandemic data from the Longitudinal Aging Study in India-Diagnostic Assessment of Dementia study and 9 waves of data from the Real-Time Insights of COVID-19 in India study (N = 1 182). We estimated associations between measures of prepandemic cognition (continuous cognition based on 22 cognitive tests, dementia status) and mental health measures during the pandemic (Patient Health Questi

SUBMITTER: Nichols E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10972580 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature