Although there is no longer an active pandemic crisis, one study reports that the prevalence of depressive symptoms in older adults has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, with rates of 18.9 per cent, 28.1 per cent and 35.9 per cent before, during and 10 months after the outbreak [ 57 ] and, according to our study, there is still a fairly significant prevalence of depressive symptoms in this population today.
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Depression, Loneliness and Quality of Life in Institutionalised and Non-Institutionalised Older Adults in Portugal: A Cross-Sectional Study.
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