Impact of Covid-19 pandemic on mental health of community-dwelling older adults

This cross-sectional online survey aimed to evaluate the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on the mental health of 200 community-dwelling older adults of both genders, ages varying from 60–80 years, belonging to rural and urban areas of Maharashtra. Participants were selected by using the snowball sampling method. The outcome measure for assessing anxiety due to covid-19 among them was Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS). It was found that the overall prevalence of anxiety was 22 per cent on the coronavirus anxiety scale. While comparing the age, 70–79 years elderly were having a high level of anxiety during the lockdown. It was also noticed that in comparison to males females were more affected by anxiety during the lockdown. Based on the present findings, it may be concluded that the coronavirus pandemic harmed the mental health ofcommunity-dwelling older adults aged 60–80 years.