Quality of life, mood, and cognitive performance in older adults with cognitive impairment during the first wave of COVID 19 in Argentina.
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry
; 37(1)2022 01.
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| ID: mdl-34755917
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:
In Argentina, government has established lockdown on 19 March 2020 to decrease SARS-COV-2 infection. The study aim was to understand how mandatory quarantine imposed due to COVID-19 pandemic has affected quality of life, mood, and cognitive performance of older adults with cognitive impairment.DESIGN:
Longitudinal descriptive-observational study.PARTICIPANTS:
Patients with cognitive impairment attending to online cognitive training sessions. MEASUREMENTS Participants have completed by themselves Quality of Life in Alzheimer's Disease scale (QOL-AD), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II), Test your Memory (TYM), and an attention and executive task created by our institution. Same assessments were done at the beginning of the lockdown and 7 months later.RESULTS:
Fifty-one adults were included. An increase in BDI-II score (p = 0.049) and worse performance in one of the executive attention tests (p = 0.012) have been found. No significant differences in QOL-AD, TYM, verbal fluency, or memory tests total scores have been observed. Reviewing scales subitems, differences in changes in sleep habits (p = 0.021), energy level decrease (p = 0.004), worse subjective record of memory capacity (p = 0.028), and decrease in ability to do housework (p = 0.007) have been shown. In those who lived alone, BDI and TYM higher scores in BDI-II (p = 0.030) (p = 0.022) have been found.CONCLUSION:
Mandatory quarantine imposed due to COVID-19 pandemic was associated with worsening of mood, some quality-of-life variables, and decrease in attention in older adults with cognitive impairment in Argentina.Palabras clave
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Disfunción Cognitiva
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COVID-19
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Humans
País como asunto:
America do sul
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Argentina
Idioma:
En
Año:
2022
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Article