Impact of COVID-19 on the health and psychosocial status of vulnerable older adults: study protocol for an observational study
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Publication type:
Journal Article
Year:
2020
Journal/Series title:
BMC Public Health
Volume number:
20
Issue:
1
Pages:
1814
ISSN/ISBN:
1471-2458
Abstract:
Many countries around the world have adopted social distancing as one of the public health measures to reduce COVID-19 transmissions in the community. Such measures could have negative effects on the mental health of the population. The aims of this study are to (1) track the impact of COVID-19 on self-reported mood, self-rated health, other health and psychosocial indicators, and health services utilization of people who have an interRAI assessment during the first year of COVID-19; (2) compare these indicators with the same indicators in people who had an interRAI assessment in the year before COVID-19; and (3) report these indicators publicly as soon as data analysis is completed every 3 months.