"It Bothered Me": The Mental Burden of COVID-19 Media Reports on Community-Dwelling Elderly People

Conclusions: The elderly people in Serbia followed mainstream media to get information about COVID-19; however, they perceived a variety of problems with reporting, which made the understanding of the information difficult and psychologically burdensome. These findings should be taken into consideration when delivering health-related information to elderly people.PMID:38004060 | PMC:PMC10673444 | DOI:10.3390/medicina59112011

Source: Medicina (Kaunas) - November 25, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Natasa Maksimovic Tatjana Gazibara Jelena Dotlic Marija Milic Vida Jeremic Stojkovic Smiljana Cvjetkovic Gordana Markovic Source Type: research