Research Team for Social Participation and Healthy Aging, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
Geriatr Gerontol Int. 2024 Mar;24 Suppl 1:370-376. doi: 10.1111/ggi.14803. Epub 2024 Jan 16.
This study examined the effects of fear of COVID-19 on older volunteers' willingness to continue activities that required face-to-face interactions.
From September to November 2020, a self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted with 481 older adult volunteers. A total of 423 responses were collected; 343 had no missing items and were included in the analysis. Analysis items included willingness to continue volunteer activities, fear of COVID-19, mental and physical health, and a group of items related to factors influencing the continuation of volunteer activities.
The structural analysis of covariance indicated that volunteer orientation, which included items considered to be factors for continuing volunteer activities, had a significant positive influence on the willingness to continue activities. Fear of COVID-19 had a significant negative effect on the latent variable mental and physical health, which consisted of a subjective sense of health, but fear of COVID-19 and physical and mental health had no significant effect on the willingness to continue volunteering.
Our results suggest that the willingness of older adults to continue volunteer activities during the COVID-19 pandemic is influenced by their volunteer orientation and is not affected by their fear of COVID-19. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2024; 24: 370-376.
本研究旨在探讨老年人对 COVID-19 的恐惧对其继续参与需要面对面互动的活动的意愿的影响。
2020 年 9 月至 11 月，采用自填式问卷对 481 名老年志愿者进行了调查。共收集到 423 份回复，其中 343 份无缺失项，纳入分析。分析项目包括继续参与志愿者活动的意愿、对 COVID-19 的恐惧、心理和身体健康以及与影响志愿者活动继续的因素相关的一组项目。
协方差结构分析表明，志愿者取向，包括被认为是继续志愿者活动的因素的项目，对继续活动的意愿有显著的积极影响。对 COVID-19 的恐惧对由主观健康感组成的心理和身体健康潜变量有显著的负向影响，但对 COVID-19 和身心健康与继续志愿服务的意愿没有显著影响。
我们的研究结果表明，在 COVID-19 大流行期间，老年人继续参与志愿者活动的意愿受到其志愿者取向的影响，而不受其对 COVID-19 的恐惧的影响。老年医学与老年病学国际 2024；24：370-376。
