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COVID-19 related loneliness and sleep problems in older adults: Worries and resilience as potential moderators.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Older adults may experience loneliness due to social distancing and isolation during the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Loneliness may further catalyze numerous poor health outcomes including impaired sleep. This study aimed to assess COVID-19 related worries and resilience as potential moderators of the loneliness-sleep problems link.

Method

In the midst of the lock-down period of COVID-19, we collected data using a web-based public platform from 243 Israeli older adults (mean age = 69.76, SD = 6.69, age range = 60-92). Participants completed measures of COVID-19 related loneliness, sleep problems, COVID-related worries, and resilience.

Results

COVID-19 related loneliness was related to more sleep problems. The loneliness-sleep association was especially strong among those with more COVID-19 related worries or among those with lower resilience.

Conclusion

The relationship between COVID-19 related loneliness and sleep problems is not uniform across older adults. The subjective sleep quality of those with more COVID-19 related worries or less resilience (i.e., feeling less being able to adapt to the challenging circumstances) is more susceptible to feeling lonely. Considering these variables may facilitate detection of and intervention for older adults vulnerable to aversive results in the context of COVID-19.

SUBMITTER: Grossman ES

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7455172 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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COVID-19 related loneliness and sleep problems in older adults: Worries and resilience as potential moderators.

Grossman Ephraim S ES Hoffman Yaakov S G YSG Palgi Yuval Y Shrira Amit A

Personality and individual differences 20200828

<h4>Objectives</h4>Older adults may experience loneliness due to social distancing and isolation during the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Loneliness may further catalyze numerous poor health outcomes including impaired sleep. This study aimed to assess COVID-19 related worries and resilience as potential moderators of the loneliness-sleep problems link.<h4>Method</h4>In the midst of the lock-down period of COVID-19, we collected data using a web-based public platform from 243 Isr ...[more]

PMID: 32904342

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COVID-19 related loneliness and sleep problems in older adults: Worries and resilience as potential moderators.

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Method

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COVID-19 related loneliness and sleep problems in older adults: Worries and resilience as potential moderators.

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