TY - JOUR
T1 - Severe Covid-19 Vaccine Side-Effects are Rare in Older Adults yet are Linked With Depressive Symptoms
AU - Hoffman, Yaakov
AU - Palgi, Yuval
AU - Goodwin, Robin
AU - Ben-Ezra, Menachem
AU - Greenblatt-Kimron, Lee
PY - 2022/1
Y1 - 2022/1
N2 - COVID-19 vaccine development should have been the “light at the end of the tunnel.” However, antivaccinations attitudes and hesitation are common,1 even among older adults. Such hesitancy has been positively associated with depression, potentially due to concerns about vaccine side-effects.2 We tested the association between depression and vaccine side-effects in older adults, and hypothesized that, like physical illness,3 depression should increase with each additional side-effect.
AB - COVID-19 vaccine development should have been the “light at the end of the tunnel.” However, antivaccinations attitudes and hesitation are common,1 even among older adults. Such hesitancy has been positively associated with depression, potentially due to concerns about vaccine side-effects.2 We tested the association between depression and vaccine side-effects in older adults, and hypothesized that, like physical illness,3 depression should increase with each additional side-effect.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85122548971&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jagp.2021.09.010
DO - 10.1016/j.jagp.2021.09.010
M3 - Letter
C2 - 34686410
AN - SCOPUS:85122548971
SN - 1064-7481
VL - 30
SP - 115
EP - 116
JO - American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
JF - American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
IS - 1
ER -
