The network of psychosocial health in middle-aged and older adults during the first COVID-19 lockdown.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Psychosocial health problems, such as social isolation, loneliness, depression and anxiety, have gained attention during the COVID-19 pandemic and are commonly co-occurring. We investigated the network of psychosocial health constructs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

This study included 4553 participants (mean age: 68.6 ± 11.2 years, 56% women) from the prospective Rotterdam Study, who filled out a questionnaire between April and July 2020, the time of the first COVID-19 wave in the Netherlands. Psychosocial health constructs included were depressive symptoms (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale), anxiety symptoms (Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale), loneliness (University of California, Los Angeles loneliness scale), social connectedness (f

SUBMITTER: de Feijter M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9174915 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature