Delay or postponement of medical care among older adults in the Netherlands at earlier and later stages of the COVID-19 pandemic
Aims: The aim of the current study was to compare cancellations or postponement of medical care among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic between 2021 and 2020. Methods: Data of respondents aged ≥ 62 years were used from the longitudinal aging study Amsterdam (LASA), collected in 2020 and 2021, directly after the main COVID-19 waves in the Netherlands. A questionnaire assessed cancellations of medical care and postponed help-seeking behavior. Descriptive analyses were performed. Results: Overall, cancellations declined from 35% in 2020 (sample n = 1128) to 17% in 2021 (sample n = 1020).... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2022 |
| Reihe/Periodikum: | Mizee , M , Schaap , L A , Hoogendijk , E O & van Schoor , N M 2022 , ' Delay or postponement of medical care among older adults in the Netherlands at earlier and later stages of the COVID-19 pandemic ' , Aging Clinical and Experimental Research , vol. 34 , no. 11 , pp. 2913-2917 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-022-02266-x , https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-022-02266-x |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27623392 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
| Powered By: | BASE |
| Link(s) : | https://research.vumc.nl/en/publications/753785c4-ef97-4a40-9d20-1708913e5c61 |
Aims: The aim of the current study was to compare cancellations or postponement of medical care among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic between 2021 and 2020. Methods: Data of respondents aged ≥ 62 years were used from the longitudinal aging study Amsterdam (LASA), collected in 2020 and 2021, directly after the main COVID-19 waves in the Netherlands. A questionnaire assessed cancellations of medical care and postponed help-seeking behavior. Descriptive analyses were performed. Results: Overall, cancellations declined from 35% in 2020 (sample n = 1128) to 17% in 2021 (sample n = 1020). Healthcare-initiated cancellations declined from 29 to 8%. Respondent-initiated cancellations declined from 12 to 7%. Postponed help-seeking remained around 8%. Conclusions: In 2021, less cancellations were reported compared to just after the first wave of the pandemic in 2020, while postponed help-seeking remained the same. It is important to investigate how cancellations and postponed help-seeking can be prevented in future pandemics.