DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN CENTENARIANS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: FINDINGS FROM THE SWISS100 STUDY
Carla Gomes da Rocha, Armin von Gunten, Justine Falciola, Kim Uittenhove, Stefano Cavalli, Francois Herrmann, Mike Martin, Daniela Jopp · 2023
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Carla Gomes da Rocha and seven co-authors published this study in 2023. It measures depressive symptoms in centenarians, people aged one hundred or more, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Almost nothing was known about mood at that extreme age, and lockdowns may have hit the very old hardest.
The Swiss study interviewed 171 centenarians, average age just under 102, plus family or care proxies, by phone between late 2020 and mid-2022. A short depression screen flagged about forty-four percent as possibly depressed, a higher share than in earlier studies of the very old. Women scored worse than men. Nursing home residents were more depressed than those living at home, despite similar health. The authors say mood screening should be routine in centenarian care, above all during crises that isolate them. They call for better support practices for this fast-growing age group.
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| CREATOR | Carla Gomes da Rocha, Armin von Gunten, Justine Falciola, Kim Uittenhove, Stefano Cavalli, Francois Herrmann, Mike Martin, Daniela Jopp |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |