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- Title
COVID-19 post-vaccination depression in older Israeli adults: the role of negative world assumptions.
- Authors
Greenblatt-Kimron, Lee; Hoffman, Yaakov; Ben-Ezra, Menachem; Goodwin, Robin; Palgi, Yuval
- Abstract
Background: With the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, the aging population has been shown to be highly vulnerable. As a result, policy makers and the media urged older adults to restrict social interactions, placing them at greater risk of mental health problems, such as depression. However, there has been a little previous attempt to examine coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccine-related risk factors and depressive symptoms amongst older adults. Methods: Participants (938 older adults, Mage = 68.99, s.d. = 3.41, range 65–85) answered an online questionnaire at the start of the COVID-19 vaccination program in Israel. Participants completed measures of background characteristics, world assumptions, COVID-19 vaccine-related variables, and symptoms of depression. Results: Univariate logistic regression revealed that more negative world assumptions were linked with clinical depression levels. Conclusions: Older adults in our sample were susceptible to unique factors associated with clinical depression influenced by their world assumptions during their COVID-19 vaccination. The high level of depression following vaccination indicates that it may take time to recover from depression associated with pandemic distress. Cognitive interventions that focus on world assumptions are recommended.
- Subjects
ISRAEL; SARS-CoV-2; SARS Epidemic, 2002-2003; OLDER people; MENTAL illness
- Publication
Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 2022, Vol 9, p45
- ISSN
2641-1148
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/gmh.2022.11