Psychosocial Impact of COVID-19 on Elderly/Senior Population

Psychosocial Impact of COVID-19 on Elderly/Senior Population

Senior population is one of major social work and healthcare issues in highly developed countries. The aim of this study was assessing the late psychosocial consequences in seniors in Vienna and Bratislava after the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemics. The results suggest that elderly p...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Clinical social work journal / CWS 2021-01, Vol.12 (4), p.8-12
Hauptverfasser: Bevelaqua, Andrea, Muss, Claus, Olah, Michael, Kovac, Robert, Horvatova, Eva, Ondrusova, Zlata, Magyarova, Gabriela, Vrankova, Emilia, Igliarova, Bozena, Haluskova, Eva, Gombita, Peter, Vladarova, Marketa
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Coronaviruses
Immunization
Older people
Pandemics
Preventive medicine
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:Senior population is one of major social work and healthcare issues in highly developed countries. The aim of this study was assessing the late psychosocial consequences in seniors in Vienna and Bratislava after the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemics. The results suggest that elderly patients in contrast to children and adolescents suffer significantly more late psychosocial consequences after having coronavirus acute or chronic disease.
ISSN:2222-386X
2076-9741
DOI:10.22359/cswhi_12_4_01