High depression and anxiety in people with Alzheimer's disease living in retirement homes during the covid-19 crisis

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To cope with Covid-19 and limits its spread among residents, retirement homes have prohibited physical contact between residents and families and friend and, in some cases, even between residents or between residents and caregivers. We investigated the effects of measures against Covid-19 on the mental health of participants with Alzheimer's disease (AD) who live in retirement homes in France. We instructed on-site caregivers to assess depression and anxiety in participants with mild AD who live in retirement homes. Fifty-eight participants consented to participate in the study. The participants rated their depression and anxiety during and before the Covid-19 crisis. Participants reported higher depression (p = .005) and anxiety (p = .004) during than before the Covid-19 crisis. These increases can be attributed to the isolation of the residents and/or to the drastic changes in their daily life and care they receive. While, in their effort to prevent infections, retirement homes are forced to physically separate residents from the outside world and to drastically reduce residents' activities, these decisions are likely to come at a cost to residents with AD and their mental health.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:291

Enthalten in:

Psychiatry research - 291(2020) vom: 15. Sept., Seite 113294

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

El Haj, Mohamad [VerfasserIn]
Altintas, Emin [VerfasserIn]
Chapelet, Guillaume [VerfasserIn]
Kapogiannis, Dimitrios [VerfasserIn]
Gallouj, Karim [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alzheimer's disease
Anxiety
Coronavirus
Covid-19
Depression
Journal Article
Mental health
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 14.09.2020

Date Revised 10.01.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113294

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31338620X