"I Can't Take Any Chances": A Mixed Methods Study of Frailty, Isolation, Worry, and Loneliness Among Aging Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT: Little is known about how frailty has shaped experiences of living through the COVID-19 pandemic. In this cross-sectional mixed methods study, we analyzed data from the nationwide COVID-19 Coping Study from December 2020 through January 2021 (N = 2094 US adults aged ≥55) to investigate quantitative associations between frailty and the prevalence of physical isolation, worry about COVID-19, and loneliness. Reflexive thematic analysis explored aging adults' lived experiences of frailty during the pandemic. In multivariable-adjusted population-weighted modified Poisson regression models, we found that frailty was associated with increased prevalence of physical isolation, worry about COVID-19, and loneliness. Qualitative experiences of aging with frailty during the pandemic were divers

SUBMITTER: Joseph CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9850116 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature