C Sarai Racey, Robine Donken, Ellie Fox, Imogen Porter, Julie A Bettinger, Jennifer Mark, Lizl Bonifacio, Meena Dawar, Mike Gagel, Rakel Kling, Silvina Mema, Hana Mitchell, Ian Roe, Gina Ogilvie, Manish Sadarangani
Characterization of vaccine confidence among teachers in British Columbia, Canada: A population-based survey
PloS one
covid19 pandemic older people remain isolated could cause anxiety depression also voice communication problems lifestyle demographic socioeconomic changes study aimed analyze influence anxiety depression associated factors voice handicap active older adults covid19 pandemic crosssectional analytical research approached older people enrolled reference health care unit age group recife demographic socioeconomic lifestyle data surveyed interviews mental health measures obtained selfreporting questionnaire statetrait anxiety inventory geriatric depression scale voice handicap assessed voice handicap index analyses performed descriptive inferential statistics study compared older people lesser greater voice handicaps using chisquare wald tests association assessed according binary multivariate logistic regression model altogether 91 older people mean age 69 years participated research 549 voice handicaps trait anxiety p 0031 age p 0036 associated voice handicaps active older adults higher trait anxiety five times likely voice handicaps odds ratio 5151 low trait anxiety moreover ones advanced age 10 likely voice handicaps odds ratio 1100 younger participants concluded pandemic voice handicap active older people associated trait anxiety age