Frailty, psychological well-being, and social isolation in older adults with cognitive impairment during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: data from the GeroCovid initiative.
Camilla TerziottiChiara CeolinMaria DevitaCecilia RaffaelliSara AntenucciSalvatore BazzanoAndrea CapassoManuela CastellinoStefania Del SignoreFrancesca LubianMariangela MaiottiFiammetta MonacelliMaria Teresa MormileClaudia SgaritoFilomena VellaGiuseppe SergiPietro GareriCaterina TrevisanAndrea BellioFilippo FiniAlba MalaraEnrico MosselloStefano FumagalliStefano VolpatoFabio MonzaniGiuseppe BellelliGianluca ZiaRaffaele Antonelli IncalziAlessandra CoinPublished in: Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society (2023)
We observed a global deterioration in functional and neuro-psychiatric domains irrespective of the degree of frailty. Frailty was associated with the worsening of social isolation during lockdown. Frail patients and their caregivers seemed to experience more anxiety and stress disorders during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
Keyphrases
- sars cov
- community dwelling
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- mental health
- cognitive impairment
- end stage renal disease
- healthcare
- coronavirus disease
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- physical activity
- palliative care
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- sleep quality
- big data
- stress induced
- patient reported outcomes
- heat stress