The impact of COVID‐19 pandemic on people with mild cognitive impairment/dementia and on their caregivers
| العنوان: | The impact of COVID‐19 pandemic on people with mild cognitive impairment/dementia and on their caregivers |
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| المؤلفون: | Paraskeui Sakka, Eva Ntanasi, Sokratis G. Papageorgiou, Fedra Kalligerou, Konstantina G. Yiannopoulou, Vasiliki Kamtsadeli, Dimitra Sali, Athina Zagka, Maria Hatzopoulou, Panagiota Zoi, Eleni Margioti, John Papatriantafyllou, Angeliki Tsapanou, Maria Koustimpi |
| المصدر: | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 36:583-587 |
| بيانات النشر: | Wiley, 2020. |
| سنة النشر: | 2020 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Mainland China, Gerontology, China, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Disease, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, mental disorders, Pandemic, Humans, Medicine, Dementia, Cognitive Dysfunction, Cognitive impairment, Pandemics, Aged, Greece, 030214 geriatrics, SARS-CoV-2, business.industry, COVID-19, Physical health, medicine.disease, Coronavirus, Psychiatry and Mental health, Mood, Caregivers, Communicable Disease Control, Geriatrics and Gerontology, business |
| الوصف: | Background The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first detected in Mainland China in December 2019, and soon it spread throughout the world, with multiple physical and psychological consequences across the affected populations. Aims The aim of the current study was to analyze the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI)/dementia and their caregivers as well. Materials and methods Two hundred and four caregivers took part in the study, completing a self-reported questionnaire about the person with MCI/dementia and their own, since the lockdown period which started in February and ended in May of 2020 in Greece. Results Results indicated a significant overall decline of the people with MCI/dementia. Further, the domains in which people with MCI/dementia were mostly affected were: communication, mood, movement and compliance with the new measures. Caregivers also reported a great increase in their psychological and physical burden during this period, where the available support sources were limited. Discussion The pandemic threatens to disrupt the basic routines that promote mental and physical health of both people with MCI/dementia and t heir caregivers. Conclusion Further measures to protect and provide support to people who suffer and their families are needed. |
| تدمد: | 1099-1166 0885-6230 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::b54facddc19862c9f673ceb50aa35090 https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.5457 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....b54facddc19862c9f673ceb50aa35090 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 10991166 08856230 |
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