Up and About: Older Adults' Well-being During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Swedish Longitudinal Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate early effects of the COVID-19 pandemic related to (a) levels of worry, risk perception, and social distancing; (b) longitudinal effects on well-being; and (c) effects of worry, risk perception, and social distancing on well-being.

Methods

We analyzed annual changes in four aspects of well-being over 5 years (2015-2020): life satisfaction, financial satisfaction, self-rated health, and loneliness in a subsample (n = 1,071, aged 65-71) from a larger survey of Swedish older adults. The 2020 wave, collected March 26-April 2, included measures of worry, risk perception, and social distancing in response to COVID-19.

Results

(a) In relation to COVID-19: 44.9% worried about health, 69.5% about societal consequences, 25.1% about financial consequence

SUBMITTER: Kivi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7337833 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature