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ArticleDiseases (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Association of COVID-19 Infection with Sociodemographic, Anthropometric and Lifestyle Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study in an Older Adults' Population Aged over 65 Years Old.

Eleni Pavlidou, Sousana K Papadopoulou, Georgios Antasouras, Theofanis Vorvolakos, Olga Alexatou, Gerasimos Tsourouflis, Exakousti-Petroula Angelakou, Aspasia Serdari, Maria G Grammatikopoulou, Evmorfia Psara and 4 more

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Article in Diseases (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors.

Eleni PavlidouDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, School of Environment, University of Aegean, 81400 Myrina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-7764-3544
Sousana K PapadopoulouDepartment of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences, International Hellenic University, 57400 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-6408-6128
Georgios AntasourasDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, School of Environment, University of Aegean, 81400 Myrina, Greece.
Theofanis VorvolakosDepartment of Geriatric Psychiatry, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandoupoli, Greece.
Olga AlexatouDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, School of Environment, University of Aegean, 81400 Myrina, Greece.
Gerasimos TsourouflisSecond Department of Propedeutic Surgery, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Exakousti-Petroula AngelakouDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, School of Environment, University of Aegean, 81400 Myrina, Greece.
Aspasia SerdariDepartment of Psychiatry and Child Psychiatry, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandroupoli, Greece.
Maria G GrammatikopoulouUnit of Immunonutrition and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, 41110 Larissa, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-4167-6595
Evmorfia PsaraDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, School of Environment, University of Aegean, 81400 Myrina, Greece.
Konstantinos VadikoliasDepartment of Neurology, School of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandroupoli, Greece.
Antonios DakanalisDepartment of Mental Health and Addiction, Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, 20900 Monza, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2328-3862
Nikolaos LefantzisDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Medical School, Attikon Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Chaidari, 12462 Athens, Greece.
Constantinos GiaginisDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, School of Environment, University of Aegean, 81400 Myrina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-2878-4831

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has led to unfavorable disruptions to daily living routines by exerting deleterious effects on several aspects of human mental and physical health and quality of life worldwide. The purpose of the current survey is to explore the potential association of COVID-19 infection with multiple sociodemographic, anthropometric, and lifestyle factors of community-dwelling older adults.

methodsThis is a cross-sectional survey including 5197 older adults aged over 65 years old from 10 geographically diverse regions of Greece. Relevant questionnaires were used to record study the population sociodemographic factor, while anthropometric parameters were also measured. Validated questionnaires were also applied to assess several lifestyle factors such as depression, anxiety, stress, cognitive status, sleep quality, health-related quality of life, physical activity levels, and Mediterranean diet (MD) adherence.

resultsIn multivariate regression analysis, COVID-19 infection was significantly, independently related with urban residence (

conclusionsThis is one of the few available studies supporting evidence that COVID-19 infection may be associated with diverse sociodemographic, anthropometric, and lifestyle factors in an older adults' population in Greece. This study highlights the strong demand to provide psychological and nutritional counselling and support to older adults diagnosed with COVID-19 infection in order to ameliorate disease symptoms and severity, emphasizing the adaptation of healthy dietary and lifestyle habits as preventing and supplementary therapeutic factors against COVID-19.

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anthropometric factorsanxietycognitive impairmentCOVID-19 infectiondepressionhealth-related quality of lifeMediterranean dietsleep qualitysociodemographic factorsstress

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PMID37987276
PMCPMC10660554

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