TY - JOUR
T1 - Multiple domains of functioning in older adults during the pandemic: design and basic characteristics of the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam COVID-19 questionnaire
T2 - design and basic characteristics of the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam COVID-19 questionnaire
AU - Hoogendijk, Emiel O.
AU - van der Horst, Marleen H. L.
AU - Poppelaars, Jan
AU - van Vliet, Majogé
AU - Huisman, Martijn
N1 - Funding Information: Emiel O. Hoogendijk was supported by an NWO/ZonMw Veni fellowship [Grant Number 91618067]. The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA) is largely supported by a grant from the Netherlands Ministry of Health Welfare and Sports, Directorate of Long-Term Care. Publisher Copyright: © 2021, The Author(s). Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/5/1
Y1 - 2021/5/1
N2 - The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA) is an ongoing cohort study among older adults in the Netherlands. Respondents are usually interviewed approximately every 3 years. Because of the exceptional situation of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was decided to add an extra assessment in between, consisting of a postal/digital questionnaire with measures assessing the impact of the COVID-19 situation, as well as a selection of measures from regular LASA measurement cycles covering the physical, social and mental domains. In total, 1128 LASA respondents aged 62–102 years provided data, just after the first wave of the pandemic in 2020. This paper describes the methods and design of the LASA COVID-19 questionnaire, as well as the basic characteristics of the sample, including an overview of impactful situations experienced by older adults during the first months of the pandemic. The data of the questionnaire may be used to study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on multiple domains of functioning in older adults.
AB - The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA) is an ongoing cohort study among older adults in the Netherlands. Respondents are usually interviewed approximately every 3 years. Because of the exceptional situation of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was decided to add an extra assessment in between, consisting of a postal/digital questionnaire with measures assessing the impact of the COVID-19 situation, as well as a selection of measures from regular LASA measurement cycles covering the physical, social and mental domains. In total, 1128 LASA respondents aged 62–102 years provided data, just after the first wave of the pandemic in 2020. This paper describes the methods and design of the LASA COVID-19 questionnaire, as well as the basic characteristics of the sample, including an overview of impactful situations experienced by older adults during the first months of the pandemic. The data of the questionnaire may be used to study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on multiple domains of functioning in older adults.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Cohort study
KW - Coronavirus
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Older adults
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85102826290&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-021-01829-8
DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-021-01829-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 33721247
SN - 1594-0667
VL - 33
SP - 1423
EP - 1428
JO - Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
JF - Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
IS - 5
ER -