TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Social isolation due to COVID-19: impact on loneliness, sedentary behavior, and falls in older adults
JO  - Aging and mental health
A1  - Caruso Soares, Beatriz
A1  - Alves Costa, Daniele
A1  - de Faria Xavier, Juliana
A1  - Alamino Pereira de Viveiro, Larissa
A1  - Pedrozo Campos Antunes, Thaiany
A1  - Grazielli Mendes, Fernanda
A1  - Assis Kovachich de Oliveira, Mayara
A1  - Petravicius Bomfim, Cristina
A1  - Su Hsien, Kung
A1  - Christina Gouveia E Silva, Erika
A1  - Pompeu, José Eduardo
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVES: The World Health Organization has recommended social isolation to prevent the transmission of COVID-19. Thus, feelings of loneliness, sedentary behavior, and predisposition to falls have been reported more often due to the adoption of social isolation, especially for older adults. The objective of this study was to compare older adults' loneliness, sedentary behavior, and occurrence of falls before and during social isolation due to the pandemic as well as to analyze the association of loneliness with sedentary lifestyle and falls in older adults. <br><br>METHOD: Retrospective analytical study conducted through an online survey with older adults from Brazilian states in social isolation, approved by the Research Ethics Committee (number 32168920.0.0000.0068). <br><br>RESULTS: There was a significant increase in loneliness and sedentary behavior during social isolation (p-value < 0.05 for both), but no increase was observed for falls (p-value = 0.615). There was no correlation between the outcomes, nor was there a correlation between the outcomes and the number of days in social isolation. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The results of this research show that adoption of social isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic brought an increase in sedentary behavior and loneliness for older adults but had no effect on the number of falls.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1360-7863
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2021.2003296
ID  - ref1
ER  -