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Factors associated with older people’s anxiety symptom positioning after COVID-19: Cross-sectional findings from a Canadian Sample

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dc.contributor.authorLow, Gail
dc.contributor.authorAliSher, Anila Naz
dc.contributor.authorMorero, Juceli Andrade Paiva
dc.contributor.authorGao, Zhiwei
dc.contributor.authorM Gutman, Gloria
dc.contributor.authorBacadini França, Alex
dc.contributor.authorvon Humboldt, Sofia
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-10T15:26:18Z
dc.date.available2024-10-10T15:26:18Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractThis study sheds light on the personal characteristics of older Canadians self-identifying as severely anxious and the coping strategies that they gravitated to mitigate their anxiety. Our studied sample consisted of 606 Canadians aged 60 and above who took part in an e-survey across all 10 of Canada’s provinces, launched in July 2022, when social distancing was lifted across the country. Participants completed a personal characteristics questionnaire, the Geriatric Anxiety Scale or GAS-10, and a checklist of everyday coping strategies for mitigating anxiety. A seemingly greater number of severely anxious Canadians were born female, self-identified as a cisgender woman, and were in their 60s and in poor to fair health. A univariate logistic regression analysis revealed that all such personal characteristics were associated with statistically significantly greater odds of experiencing severe anxiety. In our multivariate logistic regression analysis, no significant differences were observed between the sexes (AOR = 0.590, p = 0.404), and non-binary and cisgender men (AOR = 0.689, p = 0.441) and women (AOR = 0.657, p = 0.397). Nor were there statistically significant differences in the odds of experiencing severe anxiety for those living with versus without a life partner and chronic illnesses. Older Canadians experiencing severe anxiety were far more likely to normalize their fear and anxiety (AOR = 4.76, p < 0.001), challenge their worries (AOR = 5.21, p < 0.001), and to relax or meditate (AOR = 2.36, p = < 0.001). They were less inclined to decrease other sources of stress in their lives, to stay active, and to get enough sleep. We offer anticipatory guidance for mental health program planners and practitioners, and fruitful avenues of inquiry for researchers.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationLow, G., AliSher, A. N., Morero, J., Gao, Z., Gutman, G., Franca, A., & von Humboldt, S. (2024). Factors associated with older people’s anxiety symptom positioning after COVID-19: Cross-sectional findings from a canadian sample. Healthcare (Switzerland), 12(18). https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12181837pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/healthcare12181837pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn2227-9032
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/9984
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.subjectAnxietypt_PT
dc.subjectCoping behaviorspt_PT
dc.subjectOlder adultspt_PT
dc.subjectSurveypt_PT
dc.subjectLogistic regressionpt_PT
dc.titleFactors associated with older people’s anxiety symptom positioning after COVID-19: Cross-sectional findings from a Canadian Samplept_PT
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