Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institute and Stockholm University, Sweden.
Aging Research Network, Jönköping University, Sweden.
Scand J Public Health. 2023 Jul;51(5):764-768. doi: 10.1177/14034948231172249. Epub 2023 May 7.
This study aimed to describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on lifestyle and social activities among older adults in Sweden, with a special focus on differences between the 'younger old' (aged 77-84) and 'older old' (aged 85-109).
This study is based on a nationally representative sample of older adults (aged ⩾77 years) in Sweden (SWEOLD). Data were collected between May 2021 and April 2022, when many recommendations were removed but the virus was still classified as a public health disease. We studied occurrences and differences between the two age groups in several lifestyle factors and social activities.
The younger old displayed larger changes in lifestyles because of the pandemic than the older old. Most changes were found in social interactions with family.
本研究旨在描述 COVID-19 大流行对瑞典老年人生活方式和社会活动的影响，特别关注“年轻老年人”（77-84 岁）和“高龄老年人”（85-109 岁）之间的差异。
本研究基于瑞典（SWEOLD）的一项全国性代表性老年人（年龄 ⩾77 岁）样本。数据收集于 2021 年 5 月至 2022 年 4 月期间，当时许多建议已被取消，但病毒仍被归类为公共卫生疾病。我们研究了两个年龄组在几个生活方式因素和社会活动方面的发生情况和差异。
年轻老年人因大流行而改变生活方式的程度大于高龄老年人。大多数变化都出现在与家人的社会互动中。
