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Multimorbidity resilience and COVID-19 pandemic self-reported impact and worry among older adults: a study based on the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)

Abstract

BackgroundThe Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has created a spectrum of adversities that have affected older adults disproportionately. This paper examines older adults with multimorbidity using longitudinal data to ascertain why some of these vulnerable individuals coped with pandemic-induced risk and stressors better than others – termed multimorbidity resilience. We investigate pre-pandemic levels of functional, social and …

Authors

Wister A; Li L; Cosco TD; McMillan J; Griffith LE

Journal

BMC Geriatrics, Vol. 22, No. 1,

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

12 2022

DOI

10.1186/s12877-022-02769-2

ISSN

1471-2318