Mental wellbeing in the German old age population largely unaltered during COVID-19 lockdown: results of a representative survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older individuals are at increased risk of a severe and lethal course of COVID-19. They have typically been advised to practice particularly restrictive social distancing ('cocooning'), which has sparked much debate on the consequences for their mental wellbeing. We aimed to provide evidence by conducting a representative survey among the German old population during COVID-19 lockdown.

Methods

A computer-assisted standardized telephone interview was conducted in a randomly selected and representative sample of the German old age population (n = 1005; age ≥ 65 years) during the first lockdown in April 2020. Assessments included sociodemographic factors, aspects of the personal life situation during lockdown, attitudes towards COVID-19, and standardized screening me

SUBMITTER: Rohr S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7681185 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature