Pavlidou Eleni, Papadopoulou Sousana K, Antasouras Georgios, Spanoudaki Maria, Mentzelou Maria, Dimoliani Sophia, Tsourouflis Gerasimos, Psara Evmorfia, Vorvolakos Theofanis, Dakanalis Antonios, Tryfonos Christina, Vadikolias Konstantinos, Kyrana Zacharenia, Bisbinas Alexia, Chrisafi Maria, Bisbinas Ilias, Angelakou Exakousti-Petroula, Giaginis Constantinos
Department of Food Science and Nutrition, School of Environment, University of Aegean, Lemnos, Greece.
Department of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences, International Hellenic Universi-ty, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Psychol Health. 2024 Dec;39(13):2013-2038. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2024.2352053. Epub 2024 May 10.
Covid-19 pandemic has exerted deleterious effects on several aspect of mental health worldwide. The detrimental medical complications, the increased prevalence of morbidity and the rapid international spread of Covid-19 have resulted in urgent public health concerns and political measures across the world. This comparative, cross-sectional study aims to assess the changes that were established in sociodemographic, anthropometric and lifestyle parameters and several aspects of mental health of older adults due to Covid-19 pandemic by comparing the pre-Covid period with the post-Covid period. Qualified questionnaires were applied for assessing the prevalence of depression, quality of life, cognitive status, and Mediterranean Diet (MD) adherence, as well as sociodemographic, anthropometric and lifestyle parameters in 3388 older adults in the pre- and post-Covid period. Covid-19 pandemic independently affected type of residence, smoking habits, BMI and WHR status, risk of depression, quality of life, cognitive status, physical activity levels, and MD adherence. Covid -19 pandemic has exerted persistent detrimental effects on daily quality of life and mental health of older adults in the post-Covid period. Future strategies and public policies should develop healthcare programs to provide psychological and nutritional counseling and support to older adults to minimize the detrimental effects of Covid pandemic.
新冠疫情对全球心理健康的多个方面都产生了有害影响。新冠疫情有害的医学并发症、发病率的上升以及在国际上的迅速传播，引发了全球紧迫的公共卫生担忧和政治举措。这项比较性横断面研究旨在通过比较新冠疫情前和疫情后的时期，评估新冠疫情对老年人社会人口统计学、人体测量学和生活方式参数以及心理健康多个方面所造成的变化。在3388名老年人的新冠疫情前和疫情后时期，采用了经过验证的问卷来评估抑郁症患病率、生活质量、认知状况以及地中海饮食（MD）依从性，以及社会人口统计学、人体测量学和生活方式参数。新冠疫情独立影响了居住类型、吸烟习惯、体重指数（BMI）和腰臀比（WHR）状况、抑郁风险、生活质量、认知状况、身体活动水平以及MD依从性。新冠疫情在疫情后时期对老年人的日常生活质量和心理健康产生了持续的有害影响。未来的策略和公共政策应制定医疗保健计划，为老年人提供心理和营养咨询与支持，以尽量减少新冠疫情的有害影响。
