The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Interrelationships Among Mental Health, Nutritional Status and Lifestyle Factors of Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study in the Pre- and Post-Covid Periods
The COVID-19 pandemic exerted deleterious effects on several aspects of the mental and physical health of the elderly, which appeared to strongly persist in the post-Covid period. Future prospective population-based and well-organized surveys should be conducted to establish whether there is a causality long-term effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on diverse aspects of the mental and physical health of the elderly.
Authors
- Sousana Κ. Papadopoulou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6408-6128)
- Evmorfia Psara
- Antonios Dakanalis
- Maria Mentzelou
- Eleni Pavlidou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7764-3544)
- Constantinos Giaginis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2878-4831)
- Gavriela Voulgaridou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3850-058X)
- Theofanis Vorvolakos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0340-2278)
- Georgios Antasouras
- Rena I. Kosti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7915-6064)
- Apostolia Ntovoli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1163-3615)
- Aspasia Serdari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4087-5437)
- Maria Chrysafi
- Odysseas Androutsos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2849-1994)
- Constantina Jacovides
Institutions
- University of Thessaly (GR)
- Democritus University of Thrace (GR)
- International Hellenic University (GR)
- Frederick University (CY)
- Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo (IT)
- University Hospital of Alexandroupolis (GR)
- University of Milano-Bicocca (IT)
- University of the Aegean (GR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nutrients
- Published
- 2025-01-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17020249
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.50