key: cord-0780941-qxb11850
authors: Fujita, Kosuke; Inoue, Aiko; Uno, Chiharu; Huang, Chi Hsien; Umegaki, Hiroyuki; Onishi, Joji; Kuzuya, Masafumi
title: Mental health status of the older adults in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic
date: 2020-11-24
journal: J Am Med Dir Assoc
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.11.023
sha: 19c74a8d2b973b1655ea13255b87608be76153e8
doc_id: 780941
cord_uid: qxb11850

We found that the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic had worsened depressive mood and apathy among the community-dwelling older adults, especially in older adults aged less than 75 years.

pandemic had worsened depressive mood and apathy among the community-dwelling older adults, especially in older adults aged less than 75 years.

We, authors, thank Taeko Nagatomo, Sae Oozeki, and other Toyoyama town officials for helping with data preparation, and Tomomi Morita for helping with data cleaning. than young adults. A study reported that social isolation and loneliness during the COVID-19 9 pandemic could worsen older adults' anxiety and depression; 3 however, differences in older 10 adults' mental health prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic have not been thoroughly 11 studied yet. Therefore, this study investigated the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on older 12 adults' mental status.

A preliminary analysis for our questionnaire survey named Toyoyama town complex 15 intervention project promoting "Exercise", "Nutrition improvement", and "Going out" 16 (TENG project) was conducted. In this study, the physical, mental, and social status of 

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