Fear, Perceived Stress, Life Satisfaction, and Coping Styles among Community Dwelling Older Adults during COVID -19 Pandemic | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 34, Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2022, Page 460-476 PDF (322.93 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.253131 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Eman Baleegh Meawad Elsayed1; Tarek Mohammed Ahmed Ahmed Selim2 | ||||
| 1Assistant. Professor of Gerontological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt. | ||||
| 2Lecturer of Gerontological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Since COVID-19 pandemic and all people around the world especially elderly people affected by its consequences on their daily life as it increases their fear, stress, and affect their life satisfaction and their coping styles to changes occurred. Aim: To estimate fear, perceived stress, life satisfaction, and coping styles among community dwelling older adults during COVID -19 Pandemic. Methods: A descriptive exploratory design was used. A purposive sample of 241 community dwelling older adults of both sexes registered in El Saada elderly club in Mansoura city, Egypt. Tools: Online electronic Arabic questionnaire through Google form was used including: Elderly People's Demographic and medical data, Fear of COVID-19 Scale, Perceived Stress Scale, Satisfaction with life Scale, and Brief Cope Scale. Results: Less than one third of the studied elderly had infected with COVID-19 with mild to moderate symptoms. Highest percentage (43.2, 31.5) respectively of them had moderate to severe feeling of fear which increased with age and no previous infection; while severe stress was higher in elderly had severe fear of COVID, low income and previous infection. Less than two thirds of them were satisfied with their life that was higher in elderly with mild to moderate feeling of stress. Moreover 54.4% of them used high problem based coping followed by high emotional based coping (31.5%), while high dysfunctional based coping used by 18.3%. Conclusion: Highest percentage of studied elderly had moderate to severe feeling of fear which associated with higher stress of COVID-19 infection, but they still were satisfied with their life and they used high problem based coping styles. Recommendations: Promote elderly awareness about how to avoid COVID-19 infection and how to cope after infection, and provide them with reliable updated news about the pandemic to decrease feeling of fear and stress through all types of media and health educational sessions. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Fear; Stress; Life Satisfaction; Coping Styles; COVID-19 and Older Adults | ||||
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