Association between the COVID-19 infodemic and depression symptom screening in older adults.

IF 1.3 4区医学 Q3 NURSING

Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem Pub Date : 2025-05-19 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1590/1518-8345.7454.4461

Patricia Rodrigues Braz, Tiago Ricardo Moreira, Andréia Queiroz Ribeiro, Rosimere Ferreira Santana, Jack Roberto Silva Fhon, Alexandre Favero Bulgarelli, Vilanice Alves de Araújo Püschel, Edna Aparecida Barbosa de Castro, Denise Rocha Raimundo Leone, Ricardo Bezerra Cavalcante

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Abstract

to analyze the profile of exposure to COVID-19 information and its association with depressive symptom screening in a sample of older adults in Brazil.

cross-sectional study using data collected through a web-based survey with 3,307 participants recruited via social media and email. Descriptive and bivariate analyses were conducted to estimate associations of interest, as well as crude and adjusted logistic regression, controlling for predictive, sociodemographic and infodemic variables.

a significant association was found between the presence of depression symptoms among older adults who were exposed to social media and television for three to six hours or more and those who reported not having been exposed to any news and information about COVID-19 on television.

older women frequently exposed to COVID-19-related information on television and social media for two- to six-hour periods showed depression symptoms. This study contributes to research on infodemics and mental health by addressing a research gap on the relationship between depressive symptom screening and the profile of exposure to COVID-19 information in a sample of older adults.

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COVID-19信息流行与老年人抑郁症状筛查之间的关系

分析巴西老年人样本中COVID-19信息暴露情况及其与抑郁症状筛查的关系。横断面研究使用了通过社交媒体和电子邮件招募的3307名参与者通过网络调查收集的数据。进行了描述性和双变量分析，以估计感兴趣的关联，以及粗糙和调整的逻辑回归，控制预测，社会人口和信息变量。研究发现，在接触社交媒体和电视3至6小时或更长时间的老年人中，抑郁症状的存在与那些报告没有在电视上接触过任何关于COVID-19的新闻和信息的老年人之间存在显著关联。经常在电视和社交媒体上接触与covid -19相关信息2至6小时的老年妇女表现出抑郁症状。本研究通过解决老年人样本中抑郁症状筛查与COVID-19信息暴露概况之间关系的研究空白，为信息流行病和心理健康研究做出了贡献。

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期刊介绍： A Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem constitui-se no órgão oficial de divulgação científica da Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo e do Centro Colaborador da OMS para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Enfermagem. Foi criada em abril de 1992 sendo sua primeira edição publicada em janeiro de 1993. No período de 1993 a 1997 tinha periodicidade semestral, de 1997 a 2000 trimestral e, a partir de janeiro de 2001, tem periodicidade bimestral. Caracteriza-se como periódico de circulação internacional, abrangendo predominantemente os países da América Latina e Caribe, embora seja também divulgado para assinantes dos Estados Unidos, Portugal e Espanha.