Post-traumatic stress in older, community-dwelling adults with hypertension during the Covid-19 pandemic

An investigation of pre-pandemic sociodemographic, health, and vascular and inflammatory biomarker predictors

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ID4229482
AutoresEmily A Troyer (0000-0003-3295-0521, University of California, USA), Jordan N Kohn (0000-0001-8546-2076, University of California, USA), Monica Feliz R Castillo (0000-0002-9125-4457, University of California, USA), Judith D Lobo (0000-0002-2223-1518, University of California, USA), Yaniel Ramirez Sanchez (University of California, USA), Gavrila Ang (University of California, USA), Anthony Cirilo (University of California, USA), Juan Andrew Leal (University of California, USA), Christopher Pruitt (0000-0002-7052-311X, University of California, USA), Christopher M Pruitt (0000-0002-3661-0770), Amanda L Walker (University of California, USA), Amanda Walker (0000-0001-5777-6684), Kathleen Wilson (0000-0001-7179-749X), Kathleen L Wilson (University of California, USA), Meredith A Pung (University of California, USA), Laura S Redwine (University of Miami), Laura Redwine (0000-0001-7633-2034), Suzi Hong (0000-0003-0300-5950, University of California, USA)
Ano2024
Volume29
Fascículo6
Páginas552-566
Data de publicação2024-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/13591053231213305
PMID38088312
OpenAlexW4389675167
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas53

COVID-19 pandemic-related traumatic stress (PRTS) symptoms are reported in various populations, but risk factors in older adults with chronic medical conditions, remain understudied. We therefore examined correlates and pre-pandemic predictors of PRTS in older adults with hypertension during COVID-19. Participants in California, aged 61-92 years ( n = 95), participated in a pre-pandemic healthy aging trial and later completed a COVID-19 assessment (May to September 2020). Those experiencing ⩾1 PRTS symptom ( n = 40), and those without PRTS symptoms ( n = 55), were compared. The PRTS+ group had poorer mental and general health and greater impairment in instrumental activities of daily living. Pre-pandemic biomarkers of vascular inflammation did not predict increased odds of PRTS; however, greater pre-pandemic anxiety and female gender did predict PRTS during COVID-19. Our findings highlight PRTS as a threat to healthy aging in older adults with hypertension; targeted approaches are needed to mitigate this burden, particularly for females and those with pre-existing anxiety

Anxiety · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Logistic regression · Odds · Pandemic · Psychiatry · Cardiac Health and Mental Health · Health, psychology, and well-being · Medicine · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Gerontology · Internal Medicine