Lockdown Effects on Healthy Cognitive Aging During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic is a health issue leading older adults to an increased vulnerability to unfavorable outcomes. Indeed, the presence of physical frailty has recently led to higher mortality due to SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, no longitudinal studies have investigated the role of neuropsychogeriatric factors associated with lockdown fatigue in healthy cognitive aging. Eighty-one healthy older adults were evaluated for their neuropsychological characteristics, including physical frailty, before the pandemic (T0). Subsequently, 50 of them agreed to be interviewed and neuropsychologically re-assessed during the lockdown (T1) and immediately after it (T2). Moreover, during another home confinement, they performed a psychological screening (T3) to evaluate possible mood changes and fatigue

SUBMITTER: Amanzio M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8180921 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature