Older adults are at greater risk of experiencing negative physical and psychological impacts of the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Our ongoing study is assessing COVID-19 information exposure in adults aged 55 and above compared to other age groups living in Massachusetts and Georgia. This work investigates the potential association between information exposure and wellbeing as well as adherence to COVID-19 protective measures. Our initial results show that older adults received information related to COVID-19 less frequently than the middle-aged group, yet they feel more content and less stressed than the other age groups. Further analysis to identify other potential confounding variables is addressed.

翻译：2019年新冠状病毒(COVID-19)流行病对老年人的身心造成负面影响的风险更大,我们正在进行的研究正在评估55岁及以上成年人与居住在马萨诸塞州和格鲁吉亚的其他年龄组相比,COVID-19的接触情况。这项工作调查了信息接触与福祉之间的潜在联系以及遵守COVID-19保护措施的情况。我们的初步结果显示,老年人获得与COVID-19有关的信息的频率比中年群体要低,但是他们比其他年龄组更感到内容更多,压力更小。还进行了进一步分析,以查明其他潜在的混杂变数。