Who is really at risk? The contribution of death anxiety in suicide risk and loneliness among older adults during the Covid-19 pandemic

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12097581
AutoresDaniela Aisenberg-Shafran (0000-0001-6649-5489, Ruppin Academic Center, autor correspondente), Liora Bar-Tur (0000-0003-2477-8311, Ruppin Academic Center), Yossi Levi‐Belz (0000-0002-8865-5639, Ruppin Academic Center)
Ano2021
Volume46
Fascículo10
Páginas2517-2522
Data de publicação2021-07-19
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoDeath Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0748-1187 • E-ISSN: 1091-7683
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07481187.2021.1947416
PMID34280075
OpenAlexW3183591397
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas23

Isolation and quarantine imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic increased the age-related risk for depression and suicide. However, not all older adults endure the same distress levels. We aimed to identify those at higher risk of depression, perceived loneliness, and suicide, comparing self-reports of depression, loneliness, suicide risk, and death anxiety among 277 participants in three age groups recruited through social media. Older adults reported fewer depression symptoms and lower distress levels but greater suicide risk. Death anxiety was found predictive of depression and suicidality, offering an important criterion for assessing who is really at risk among the non-homogeneous group of older adults

Anxiety · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Depression (economics · Disease · Distress · Injury prevention · Loneliness · Medical emergency · Pandemic · Poison control · Psychiatry · Social isolation · Suicide prevention · Clinical Psychology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Psychology