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Cohort profile: the COVID-19 Coping Study, a longitudinal mixed-methods study of middle-aged and older adults' mental health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The COVID-19 pandemic, beginning in early 2020, has resulted in massive social, economic, political and public health upheaval around the world. We established a national longitudinal cohort study, the COVID-19 Coping Study, to investigate the effects of pandemic-related stressors and changes in life circumstances on mental health and well-being among middle-aged and older adults in the USA.

Participants

From 2 April to 31 May 2020, 6938 adults aged ?55 years were recruited from all 50 US states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico using online, multi-frame non-probability-based sampling.

Findings to date

Mean age of the baseline sample was 67.3 years (SD: 7.9 years) and 64% were women. Two in three adults reported leaving home only for essential purposes in the past week (population-weighted proportion: 69%; 95%?CI: 68% to 71%). Nearly one in five workers aged 55-64 years was placed on a leave of absence or furloughed since the start of the pandemic (17%; 95%?CI: 14% to 20%), compared with one in three workers aged ?75 years (31%; 95%?CI: 21% to 44%). Nearly one-third of adults screened positive for each of depression (32%; 95%?CI: 30% to 34%), anxiety (29%; 28% to 31%) and loneliness (29%; 95%?CI: 27% to 31%), with decreasing prevalence of each with increasing age.

Future plans

Monthly and annual follow-ups of the COVID-19 Coping Study cohort will assess longitudinal changes to mental health, cognitive health and well-being in relation to social, behavioural, economic and other COVID-19-related changes to life circumstances. Quantitative and in-depth qualitative interview data will be collected through online questionnaires and telephone interviews. Cohort data will be archived for public use.

SUBMITTER: Kobayashi LC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7878052 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Cohort profile: the COVID-19 Coping Study, a longitudinal mixed-methods study of middle-aged and older adults' mental health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA.

Kobayashi Lindsay C LC O'Shea Brendan Q BQ Kler Jasdeep S JS Nishimura Raphael R Palavicino-Maggio Caroline B CB Eastman Marisa R MR Vinson Yamani Rikia YR Finlay Jessica M JM

BMJ open 20210210 2

<h4>Purpose</h4>The COVID-19 pandemic, beginning in early 2020, has resulted in massive social, economic, political and public health upheaval around the world. We established a national longitudinal cohort study, the COVID-19 Coping Study, to investigate the effects of pandemic-related stressors and changes in life circumstances on mental health and well-being among middle-aged and older adults in the USA.<h4>Participants</h4>From 2 April to 31 May 2020, 6938 adults aged ≥55 years were recruite ...[more]

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Dataset Information

Cohort profile: the COVID-19 Coping Study, a longitudinal mixed-methods study of middle-aged and older adults' mental health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA.

Purpose

Participants

Findings to date

Future plans

Publications

Cohort profile: the COVID-19 Coping Study, a longitudinal mixed-methods study of middle-aged and older adults' mental health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA.

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