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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedHooper M, Reinhart M, Dusetzina SB
Trends in U.S. self-reported health and self-care behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate changes in self-reported health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to examine trends in health-related behaviors that may be associated with the observed health changes. The researchers utilized an interrupted time series design stratified by age, gender, race/ethnicity, educational attainment, household income, and employment status. Health outcomes were self-reported by participants and included the number of days per month that respondents spent in poor mental health, physical health, or when poor health prevented their usual activities of daily living. The study found that the national rate of days spent in poor physical health decreased. The researchers also witnessed overall increases in average sleep hours per day, the percentage of adults who report any exercise activity, increased alcohol consumption days, and decreased prevalence of smoking.
AHRQ-funded; HS026395.
Citation: Hooper M, Reinhart M, Dusetzina SB .
Trends in U.S. self-reported health and self-care behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
PLoS One 2023 Sep 19; 18(9):e0291667. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0291667..
Keywords: COVID-19, Patient Self-Management
Wendel CL, LaPierre TA, Sullivan DL
"Anything that benefits the workers should benefit the client": opportunities and constraints in self-directed care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The purpose of this study was to assess how self-directed care (SDC) models reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic and to examine the impact of COVID-19 on Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) services in Kansas. The study found that self-directed consumers carried levels of employer responsibility with limited resources and systemic barriers contributing to unmet care needs, stress, and burden. Flexibilities in policies related to the hiring of family members were helpful, but inadequate to address working conditions lacking in resources and labor shortages that were amplified by the pandemic.
AHRQ-funded; HS028172.
Citation: Wendel CL, LaPierre TA, Sullivan DL .
"Anything that benefits the workers should benefit the client": opportunities and constraints in self-directed care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
J Appl Gerontol 2023 Apr; 42(4):7334648221143604. doi: 10.1177/07334648221143604.
Keywords: COVID-19, Patient Self-Management