Subjective age, worry and risk-related perceptions in older adults in times of a pandemic.

ABSTRACT: During the Covid-19 pandemic, older people have been in the spotlight of the public debate. Given their higher risk of severe outcomes of the disease, they have been described as especially vulnerable and as a burden to others and society. We thus wanted to investigate how older people's perception of their own age, that is their subjective age, as well as their Covid-19 related risks and worries were related during the pandemic and whether these relationships varied according to participants' subjective health. We used data from the longitudinal CRISIS study which was conducted in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg in June and October 2020. Participants were aged 60-98 and responded on questionnaires regarding their subjective age, worry of falling ill with Covid-19, perceived risk of contract

SUBMITTER: Tingvold M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9522013 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature