Gender Differences in the Factors Associated With the Fear of COVID-19 Among Taiwanese Older People

Objectives: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, older people are threatened, and there may be different psychological responses toward COVID-19 between women and men. The present study explored the factors and gender differences related to the fear of COVID-19 among older women and men in Taiwan. Methods:...

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Autores principales:	Yueh-Ping Li PhD, Chung-Ying Lin PhD, Yi-Jie Kuo MD, PhD, Yu-Pin Chen MD, PhD, Mark D. Griffiths PhD
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Publicado:	SAGE Publishing 2021
Materias:	Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:61493ceeb998487c9a1d033172b63b362021-12-01T22:35:29ZGender Differences in the Factors Associated With the Fear of COVID-19 Among Taiwanese Older People0046-95801945-724310.1177/00469580211055587https://doaj.org/article/61493ceeb998487c9a1d033172b63b362021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1177/00469580211055587https://doaj.org/toc/0046-9580https://doaj.org/toc/1945-7243Objectives: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, older people are threatened, and there may be different psychological responses toward COVID-19 between women and men. The present study explored the factors and gender differences related to the fear of COVID-19 among older women and men in Taiwan. Methods: Geriatric patients (n = 139; 42 men; mean age = 71.73 years) who visited outpatient departments were recruited. They self-reported demographic data and completed questions asking about (i) their fear of COVID-19, (ii) whether they paid attention to COVID-19 news, (iii) whether searched for COVID-19 news, (iv) whether they believed in COVID-19 news, and (v) their preventive COVID-19 behaviors. Results: Both women and men reported a low fear of COVID-19, paid close attention to COVID-19 news, and practiced good preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors. The perceived chance of COVID-19 infection was a significant factor contributing to the fear of COVID-19 among both women and men. Preventive behaviors had a positive effect in lowering the fear of COVID-19. News about COVID-19 had a negative effect in lowering the fear of the disease among women but not men. Conclusions: As the performing of preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors was associated with a lower fear of COVID-19, healthcare providers should consider strategies for improving preventive behaviors among older people to help ease their worries and fears concerning COVID-19.Yueh-Ping Li PhDChung-Ying Lin PhDYi-Jie Kuo MD, PhDYu-Pin Chen MD, PhDMark D. Griffiths PhDSAGE PublishingarticlePublic aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENInquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, Vol 58 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Yueh-Ping Li PhD Chung-Ying Lin PhD Yi-Jie Kuo MD, PhD Yu-Pin Chen MD, PhD Mark D. Griffiths PhD Gender Differences in the Factors Associated With the Fear of COVID-19 Among Taiwanese Older People
description	Objectives: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, older people are threatened, and there may be different psychological responses toward COVID-19 between women and men. The present study explored the factors and gender differences related to the fear of COVID-19 among older women and men in Taiwan. Methods: Geriatric patients (n = 139; 42 men; mean age = 71.73 years) who visited outpatient departments were recruited. They self-reported demographic data and completed questions asking about (i) their fear of COVID-19, (ii) whether they paid attention to COVID-19 news, (iii) whether searched for COVID-19 news, (iv) whether they believed in COVID-19 news, and (v) their preventive COVID-19 behaviors. Results: Both women and men reported a low fear of COVID-19, paid close attention to COVID-19 news, and practiced good preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors. The perceived chance of COVID-19 infection was a significant factor contributing to the fear of COVID-19 among both women and men. Preventive behaviors had a positive effect in lowering the fear of COVID-19. News about COVID-19 had a negative effect in lowering the fear of the disease among women but not men. Conclusions: As the performing of preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors was associated with a lower fear of COVID-19, healthcare providers should consider strategies for improving preventive behaviors among older people to help ease their worries and fears concerning COVID-19.
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author	Yueh-Ping Li PhD Chung-Ying Lin PhD Yi-Jie Kuo MD, PhD Yu-Pin Chen MD, PhD Mark D. Griffiths PhD
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title	Gender Differences in the Factors Associated With the Fear of COVID-19 Among Taiwanese Older People
title_short	Gender Differences in the Factors Associated With the Fear of COVID-19 Among Taiwanese Older People
title_full	Gender Differences in the Factors Associated With the Fear of COVID-19 Among Taiwanese Older People
title_fullStr	Gender Differences in the Factors Associated With the Fear of COVID-19 Among Taiwanese Older People
title_full_unstemmed	Gender Differences in the Factors Associated With the Fear of COVID-19 Among Taiwanese Older People
title_sort	gender differences in the factors associated with the fear of covid-19 among taiwanese older people
publisher	SAGE Publishing
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/61493ceeb998487c9a1d033172b63b36
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Gender Differences in the Factors Associated With the Fear of COVID-19 Among Taiwanese Older People

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