Early Psychological Correlates Associated With COVID-19 in A Spanish Older Adult Sample.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Main aims of the study are to examine the early psychological correlates associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown on the mental health of a Spanish older adult sample and to analyze the influence of past mental disorder (PMD) and current mental disorder (CMD) on those correlates.

Methods

Cross-sectional study based on an online snowball recruiting questionnaire. Psychological correlates assessed with the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21) and Impact of Event Scale (IES). Binary and multinomial logistic regression models were used to identify risk and protective factors.

Results

Final sample included 2,194 individuals aged 60 years or more (mean age [SD]: 65.62 [5.05]; females: 1,198 [54.6%]). There were 342 (15.6%) individuals who repo

SUBMITTER: Bobes-Bascaran T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7476442 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature