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Emotional stress in the elderly during the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway: Data from the Norwegian citizens' panel

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2020
    2025

  • Funder

    NORCE

  • Principal Investigator

    N/A

  • Research Location

    Norway

  • Lead Research Institution

    N/A

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    Indirect health impacts

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Adults (18 and older)Older adults (65 and older)

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

The elderly are in the risk group for developing the most serious disease course due to infection with COVID-19 and the average age of people who have died from the disease in Norway is close to 80 years. The aim of the project is to investigate the level and change in emotional stress and factors associated with high and low levels of stress in the elderly over the age of 70 during the COVID-19 pandemic. We will use already collected data from participants in the Norwegian citizens' panel and compile answers from previous surveys with the extraordinary survey March 20 which dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic, so that we can follow a cohort of about 10,000 participants into the pandemic, and compare emotionally stress in about 2000 older participants those with about 8000 younger participants. Our main outcome measure is the sum score on the question <