Sense of coherence, mental health, and hair cortisol concentrations among older people during the COVID -19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 1502 - 11
• Main Authors: Koppner, Jenny, Lindelöf, Ann, Iredahl, Fredrik, Nilsson, Staffan, Thorsell, Annika, Larsen, Hanna Israelsson, Faresjö, Åshild
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 05.06.2024; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Age groups; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging; Anxiety; Anxiety - epidemiology; Belief in the future; Care and treatment; Coherence; Coping; Corticosteroids; Cortisol; COVID -19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - psychology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Dependent variables; Depression; Depression - epidemiology; Depression - psychology; Diagnosis; Economic status; Economics; Epidemics; Female; Gerontology; Hair; Hair - chemistry; Hair cortisol; Health aspects; Hormones; Humans; Hydrocortisone - analysis; Hydrocortisone - metabolism; Male; Men; Mental depression; Mental disorders; Mental Health; Mental illness; Older people; Pandemics; Post traumatic stress disorder; Primary care; Psychological aspects; Psychopathology; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Radioimmunoassay; Regression analysis; Regression models; Risk factors; Sense of Coherence; Society; Sweden; Sweden - epidemiology; Women; Sweden; Belief in the future; Primary health care; COVID -19; Mental health; Depression; Anxiety; Economic status; Older adults; Hair cortisol; Stress; COVID-19

A person's sense of coherence (SoC) is likely to affect coping when exposed to a life changing event like the COVID -19 pandemic, which impacted the older population especially hard, an age group that already suffers from a lot of mental illness. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate t...