COVID-19 government measures and their impact on mental health: a cross-sectional study of older primary care patients in Germany

COVID-19 government measures and their impact on mental health: a cross-sectional study of older primary care patients in Germany

BackgroundWith the outbreak of COVID-19, government measures including social distancing and restrictions of social contacts were imposed to slow the spread of the virus. Since older adults are at increased risk of severe disease, they were particularly affected by these restrictions. These may nega...

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Main Authors: Felix G. Wittmann, Andrea Zülke, Alexander Pabst, Melanie Luppa, Jochen René Thyrian, Anika Kästner, Wolfgang Hoffmann, Hanna Kaduszkiewicz, Juliane Döhring, Catharina Escales, Jochen Gensichen, Isabel Zöllinger, Robert Philipp Kosilek, Birgitt Wiese, Anke Oey, Hans-Helmut König, Christian Brettschneider, Thomas Frese, Steffi G. Riedel-Heller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
COVID-19
government measures
depression
stress
older people
social support
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1141433/full

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