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COVID-19 Post-vaccination depression in older Israeli adults : the role of negative world assumptions

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Greenblatt-Kimron, L., Hoffman, Y., Ben-Ezra, Menachem, Goodwin, Robin and Palgi, Y. (2022) COVID-19 Post-vaccination depression in older Israeli adults : the role of negative world assumptions. Global Mental Health, 9 . pp. 45-48. doi:10.1017/gmh.2022.11 ISSN 2054-4251.

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Abstract

Background
With the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, the aging population has been shown to be highly vulnerable. As a result, policy makers and the media urged older adults to restrict social interactions, placing them at greater risk of mental health problems, such as depression. However, there has been a little previous attempt to examine coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccine-related risk factors and depressive symptoms amongst older adults.

Methods
Participants (938 older adults, Mage = 68.99, S.D. = 3.41, range 65–85) answered an online questionnaire at the start of the COVID-19 vaccination program in Israel. Participants completed measures of background characteristics, world assumptions, COVID-19 vaccine-related variables, and symptoms of depression.

Results
Univariate logistic regression revealed that more negative world assumptions were linked with clinical depression levels.

Conclusions
Older adults in our sample were susceptible to unique factors associated with clinical depression influenced by their world assumptions during their COVID-19 vaccination. The high level of depression following vaccination indicates that it may take time to recover from depression associated with pandemic distress. Cognitive interventions that focus on world assumptions are recommended.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
R Medicine > RC Internal medicine
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): COVID-19 (Disease), COVID-19 (Disease) -- Israel, COVID-19 (Disease) -- Epidemiology, COVID-19 (Disease) -- Health aspects -- Israel , COVID-19 (Disease) -- Israel -- Psychological aspects, COVID-19 (Disease) -- Vaccination -- Israel , Older Jews -- Mental health , Depression in old age -- Israel
Journal or Publication Title: Global Mental Health
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISSN: 2054-4251
Official Date: 2022
Dates:
DateEvent
2022Published
31 January 2022Available
14 January 2022Accepted
Volume: 9
Page Range: pp. 45-48
DOI: 10.1017/gmh.2022.11
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): This article has been accepted for publication in a revised form for publication in Global Mental Health Link to Journal’s site on https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/global-mental-health
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit: 1 February 2022
Date of first compliant Open Access: 1 February 2022
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
RA2000000522Ariel Universityhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100013043
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