Abstract

Early studies have already reported an increase in anxiety, and depression in the general population, especially those facing extended lockdowns. These effects are magnified in the elderly population due to stricter lockdowns, higher threat of illness, and loss of social support. Older people are being challenged by requirements to spend more time at home, lack of physical contact with other family members, friends and colleagues, temporary cessation of employment and other activities; and anxiety and fear of illness and death of their own and others. It is therefore important that we create opportunities to foster healthy ageing during the pandemic. Population considered for this study was elder individuals from age 60 to 90 of Bangalore urban region. Questionnaire survey based on Likert scale was used in this study and data was collected from 152 elder people. Prior to that, the developed questionnaire was subjected to a pilot study and reliability of the questionnaire was checked by finding the Cronbach’s alpha value.  Descriptive analysis and independent sample t-test were conducted to reach the objectives