Prior psychosocial profile and perceived impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging.

ABSTRACT: Stress, social isolation, and changes in health behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic period may have a lasting influence on health. Here, the correlation between current or prior demographic, social and health related characteristics, including psychosocial factors with perceived impact of the COVID-19 pandemic assessed by questionnaire during the early pandemic period is evaluated among 770 participants of the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. In multinomial logistic regression models participants with higher pre-pandemic personal mastery, a construct related to self-efficacy, were more likely to report "both positive and negative" impact of the pandemic than a solely "negative" impact (OR: 2.17, 95% CI: 1.29-3.65). Higher perceived stress and frequent contact with family prior to

SUBMITTER: Moore AZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9039603 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature