COVID-19 Infodemic and Impacts on the Mental Health of Older People: Cross-sectional Multicenter Survey Study.
Patricia Rodrigues BrazTiago Ricardo MoreiraAndréia Queiroz RibeiroLuciane Ribeiro DE FariaFábio da Costa CarbogimVilanice Alves de Araujo PüschelJack Roberto Silva FhonEduarda Rezende FreitasIone Carvalho PintoFabiana Costa Machado ZachariasGylce Eloisa Cabreira Panitz CruzRichardson Miranda MachadoRosimere Ferreira SantanaPriscilla Alfradique de SouzaGraziele Ribeiro BitencourtAlexandre Fávero BulgarelliRicardo Bezerra CavancantePublished in: JMIR aging (2023)
Older people, especially women, were often exposed to COVID-19-related information through television and social networks; this affected their mental health, specifically GAD and stress. Thus, the impact of the infodemic should be considered during anamnesis for older people, so that they can share their feelings about it and receive appropriate psychosocial care.