Determinants of depressive symptoms increase in older persons during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Czech cohort study using repeated assessments
Conclusion
This study confirms an increase in depressive symptoms in older persons during the pandemic and identified several pandemic-related risk factors suggesting that public health policies should address this vulnerable group by adopting the preventing strategies.
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - Category: Epidemiology Authors: Dalecka, A., Pikhart, H., Bartoskova, A., Capkova, N., Bobak, M. Tags: Open access, COVID-19 Original research Source Type: research
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