Banca de DEFESA: TAILANE DA SILVA BARCELOS

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STUDENT : TAILANE DA SILVA BARCELOS
DATE: 28/04/2023
TIME: 13:30
LOCAL: Videoconferência
TITLE:
COVID 19 Infodemia: impacts on the mental health of the elderly

KEY WORDS:
1.COVID-19;2.COVID-19;3.Pandemic;4.Accesstoinformation; 5. Infodemic6.Age

PAGES: 68
BIG AREA: Ciências da Saúde
AREA: Enfermagem
SUMMARY:
Introduction: With the increasing spread of the new COVID-19 virus and the strategies to
contain it, there has also been an exponential spread of news, making it difficult for people to
find credible evidence and reliable information, as well as verify the veracity of the
information disclosed. The world, then, was facing not only a COVID-19 pandemic, but also
a global pandemic of misinformation, called the COVID-19 infodemic. The situation is
worrying, especially with the elderly population, a group that has been considered to be more
physically and emotionally vulnerable, associated with excessive exposure to information and
misinformation, disseminated through communication channels. In short, it is necessary to
deepen the knowledge about how this population translates information into the conditions of
the aging process and old age. Objective: To describe the sociodemographic profile and the
repercussions of the COVID-19 infodemic on the mental health of the elderly in Divinópolis -
MG. Method: Descriptive cross-sectional study using the web-based-survey interview
technique, with residents aged ≥60 years, living in the city of Divinópolis, who had access to
information about COVID-19 through digital media. The data were treated with the JMP®
PRO VERSION 13 Software and the test resources, Fisher's Exact, Wilcoxon's non-
parametric test and Pearson's linear correlation index.Results: 381 elderly people participated
in the study, 191 (50.1%) males, and 7 (1.89%) people preferred not to declare their gender,
with an age group concentrated between 60-69 (69.3%) years, 99 (28.6%) with higher
education and specialization, married 201 (52.8%), with their own residence 292 (76.7%)
retired 273 (71.7%) and of these 64 (54.9%) have other type of income in addition to
retirement, did not undergo changes in income 273 (71.7%), use private health services 238
(62.5%). television 332 (87.1%), social media 226 (59.3%) and radio 185 (48.6%). It was
possible to observe a significant difference (p-value < 0.05) in the prevalence of stress
symptoms in female groups (p-value = 0.0029), without access to health services (p-value = 0,
0405). When evaluating the prevalence of depressive symptoms, it was possible to observe a
significant difference in elderly females (p-value = 0.0072), aged between 60-69 years (p-
value = 0.002), with less education ( p-value = 0.0005), who have no income (p-value =
0.0043) and with longer exposure to television (p-value = 0.0264). The prevalence of anxiety
was observed in female elderly (p-value = 0.0011) who live with more than 3 residents (p-
value = (0.0079). Conclusion: Findings in this study revealed associations between
psychopathological alterations related to exposure to information and news about COVID-19
through television and reinforce the need for measures and public policies that demonstrate
strategies to boost access and digital literacy of the elderly.

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