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Mitigating social isolation following the covid-19 pandemic: Remedy messages shared by older people

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dc.contributor.authorLow, Gail
dc.contributor.authorvon Humboldt, Sofia
dc.contributor.authorGutman, Gloria M
dc.contributor.authorGao, Zhiwei
dc.contributor.authorAllana, Hunaina
dc.contributor.authorNaz, Anila
dc.contributor.authorWilson, Donna
dc.contributor.authorVastani, Muneerah
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-09T12:15:08Z
dc.date.available2024-09-09T12:15:08Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractAt the beginning of July 2022, when public health restrictions were lifted, we deployed a country-wide e-survey about how older people were managing now after COVID-19 pandemic-related anxiety. Our responder sample was stratified by age, sex, and education to approximate the Canadian population. E-survey responders were asked to share open-text messages about what contemporaries could do to live less socially isolated lives at this tenuous turning point following the pandemic as the COVID-19 virus still lingered. Contracting COVID-19 enhanced older Canadians’ risk for being hospitalized and/or mortality risk. Messages were shared by 1189 of our 1327 e-survey responders. Content analysis revealed the following four calls to action: (1) cultivating community; (2) making room for what is good; (3) not letting your guard down; and (4) voicing out challenges. Responders with no chronic illnesses were more likely to endorse making room for what is good. Those with no diploma, degree, or certificate least frequently instructed others to not let their guard down. While COVID-19 is no longer a major public health risk, a worrisome proportion of older people across the globe are still living socially isolated. We encourage health and social care practitioners and older people to share messages identified in this study with more isolated persons.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationLow, G., Allana, H., Naz, A., Wilson, D. M., Vastani, M., Humboldt, S. V., Gutman, G., & Gao, Z. (2024). Mitigating Social Isolation Following the COVID-19 Pandemic: Remedy messages shared by older people. COVID, 4(6), 798–814. https://doi.org/10.3390/covid4060053pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/covid4060053pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/9915
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherMDPI Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institutept_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectCOVID-19pt_PT
dc.subjectremedy messagespt_PT
dc.subjectOlder adultspt_PT
dc.titleMitigating social isolation following the covid-19 pandemic: Remedy messages shared by older peoplept_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.titleCOVIDpt_PT
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