COVID-19 Infodemic and Impacts on the Mental Health of Older People: Cross-sectional Multicenter Survey Study

BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic received widespread media coverage due to its novelty, an early lack of data, and the rapid rise in deaths and cases. This excessive coverage created a secondary “infodemic” that was considered to be a serious public and mental health problem b...

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Main Authors: Patricia Rodrigues Braz, Tiago Ricardo Moreira, Andréia Queiroz Ribeiro, Luciane Ribeiro de Faria, Fabio da Costa Carbogim, Vilanice Alves de Araújo Püschel, Jack Roberto Silva Fhon, Eduarda Rezende Freitas, Ione Carvalho Pinto, Fabiana Costa Machado Zacharias, Gylce Eloisa Cabreira Panitz Cruz, Richardson Miranda Machado, Rosimere Ferreira Santana, Priscilla Alfradique de Souza, Graziele Ribeiro Bitencourt, Alexandre Favero Bulgarelli, Ricardo Bezerra Cavalcante
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JMIR Publications 2023-05-01
Series:JMIR Aging
Online Access:https://aging.jmir.org/2023/1/e42707