Perception of COVID-19 Restrictions on Daily Life among Japanese Older Adults : A Qualitative Focus Group Study

Takashima, Risa; Onishi, Ryuta; Saeki, Kazuko; Hirano, Michiyo

Perception of COVID-19 Restrictions on Daily Life among Japanese Older Adults : A Qualitative Focus Group Study

Takashima, Risa; Onishi, Ryuta; Saeki, Kazuko et al.

Healthcare, 2020, 8(4), 450

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URI	https://hdl.handle.net/2115/80450
タイトル	Perception of COVID-19 Restrictions on Daily Life among Japanese Older Adults : A Qualitative Focus Group Study
著者	Takashima, Risa ; Onishi, Ryuta ; Saeki, Kazuko ; Hirano, Michiyo
e-Rad_Researcher 70779503 著者名 Takashima, Risa
e-Rad_Researcher 20824717 著者名 Onishi, Ryuta
e-Rad_Researcher 20264541 著者名 Saeki, Kazuko
e-Rad_Researcher 50466447 著者名 Hirano, Michiyo
言語	英語
キーワード	COVID-19
	community-dwelling older adults
	urban
	rural
	inductive content analysis
発行日	2020-12
出版者	MDPI
収録物名	Healthcare
巻(号)	8(4)
ページ	450
抄録	The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has exposed older adults to health and social risks. This study examined the perceptions of community-dwelling older adults regarding how COVID-19 restricted their daily lives. Six focus-group interviews were conducted with 24 participants (mean age, 78.2 +/- 5.5 years) living in urban and rural areas in Japan. Then, a qualitative inductive content analysis was performed. Six themes were generated: "fear of infection and public, watchful eyes," "consistency in daily personal life," "pain from reducing my social life," "readiness to endure a restricted life," "awareness of positive changes in myself," and "concern for a languishing society." There was no change that would make their lives untenable, and they continued their daily personal lives at a minimum level. However, their social lives were reduced, which over the long term can lead to a lost sense of purpose in life. This was reported as an adverse factor in the development of other diseases and functional decline in previous studies. While there is no doubt that infection prevention is important, supporting older adults in engaging in activities that provide a sense of purpose in life could contribute to their present and future overall health including mental health.
資源タイプ	学術雑誌論文
出版タイプ	Version of Record
権利情報	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
PISSN	2227-9032
関連情報	PMID 33139662
関連情報 (isIdenticalTo)	出版社版DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8040450