key: cord-0072536-uzoyou77
authors: Sanchez-Lafuente, C. Gomez; Parra, J. Guzman; Perez, E. Dura; Pertiñez, G. Guerrero
title: P.0876 Perceived stress during COVID-19 confinement in elderly participants with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia: a cross-sectional study
date: 2021-12-30
journal: Eur Neuropsychopharmacol
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2021.10.732
sha: 5822d6c210b7e4316f99a5d2dfa9b3609edb6be0
doc_id: 72536
cord_uid: uzoyou77

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European Neuropsychopharmacology 53 (2021) S585-S672 and the total score of the WHO-5 questionnaire or any of the items of the WHO-5 questionnaire. Conclusions: There was a relationship between the overall experience of stigma and self-esteem and quality of life in people hospitalized in in-patient or day psychiatric units, however no correlation between overall stigma and wellbeing measured with WHO-5 was found. There was no relationship between overall social discrimination and self-esteem, quality of life or wellbeing in these patients.

References [1] Introduction: Covid-19 disease forced the Spanish government to declare a national state of alarm implementing restrictive measures such as lockdown, social distancing and stay at home measures. These measures can be related to negative consequences on mental health and stress increase in elderly people with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore the impact of this strict confinement and to analyze factors associated with perceived stress on community-dwelling older adults with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Discussion: Surprisingly, the score of perceived stress was similar to other studies with comparable samples 1 , 2 . The strict confinement seems not to have affected this population significantly regarding perceived stress. Less perceived stress was associated with wellbeing and better quality of life. More perceived stress was associated with less mental health and sleep disturbances. A change in living arrangements was negatively correlated with perceived stress, probably due to the increase in family support. More studies are necessary to evaluate the long-term consequences of COVID-19 restricted measures in perceived stress and mental health in this vulnerable population.

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Validation of the Perceived Stress Scale in a community sample of older adults