[CHANGING OF SOCIAL WELL-BEING AND HEALTH OF OLDER WOMEN DURING COVID-19: OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE FACTORS]

Probl Sotsialnoi Gig Zdravookhranenniiai Istor Med. 2021 Jun;29(Special Issue):731-735. doi: 10.32687/0869-866X-2021-29-s1-731-735.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The social well-being and health of citizens of all countries has been greatly tested during the pandemic of COVID-19. The situation has exacerbated many social problems. Older women found themselves in a particularly difficult situation, who experienced increased psychological burden, deteriorating health conditions, and social isolation. Even the family had not always proved to be a way of improving the status of women. All this has led to the need to examine the real problems, the objective and subjective factors affecting women's social well-being and the ways in which older women are better off.

Keywords: COVID-19; objective and subjective health factors; older women; social well-being.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • COVID-19*
  • Female
  • Health Status*
  • Humans
  • Mental Health*
  • Pandemics
  • Social Isolation
  • Women*