Table 1.
Sociodemographic, descriptive, psychological, social, and behavioral characteristics of the total sample (n = 528) during the COVID-19 lockdown.
| Question | Answer | |
|---|---|---|
| How old are you? (years) | 69.25 (6.75) | |
| N | % of the total sample | |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 187 | 35.4 |
| Female | 341 | 64.6 |
| What is your educational level? | ||
| Primary | 71 | 13.4 |
| Secondary | 77 | 14.6 |
| Professional training | 65 | 12.3 |
| University studies | 315 | 59.7 |
| Do you live alone? | ||
| Yes | 122 | 23.1 |
| No | 406 | 76.9 |
| Do you have any open spaces (garden, terrace, balcony) at home? | ||
| Yes | 338 | 64 |
| No | 190 | 36 |
| Have you participated in any cultural, recreational or rehabilitation activity for old adults? | ||
| Before lockdown and currently | 178 | 33.7 |
| Before lockdown, but not currently | 195 | 36.9 |
| Neither before lockdown nor currently | 155 | 29.4 |
| During the lockdown, have you done more physical activity than before? | ||
| More | 47 | 8.9 |
| Same | 134 | 25.4 |
| Less | 347 | 65.7 |
| During the lockdown, have you had more intellectual activity than before? | ||
| More | 135 | 25.6 |
| Same | 313 | 59.3 |
| Less | 80 | 15.2 |
| During the lockdown, have you changed your diet? | ||
| Healthier | 83 | 15.7 |
| Same | 405 | 76.7 |
| Less healthy | 40 | 7.6 |
| Have you left home since the beginning of the lockdown? | ||
| Yes | 364 | 68.9 |
| No | 164 | 31.1 |
| Have you felt any kind of discomfort or fear when leaving home? | ||
| Yes | 132 | 25 |
| No | 232 | 43.9 |
| Have you left home wearing a mask? | ||
| Yes | 257 | 48.7 |
| No | 107 | 20.3 |
| Have you left home wearing gloves? | ||
| Yes | 259 | 49.1 |
| No | 105 | 19.9 |
| Has anyone taught you how to use the mask and gloves correctly? | ||
| Yes | 230 | 43.6 |
| No | 134 | 25.4 |
| During the lockdown, have you made more phone calls or video calls to family or friends than before? | ||
| Yes | 438 | 83 |
| No | 90 | 17 |
| During the lockdown, have you received more phone calls or video calls from family or friends than before? | ||
| Yes | 439 | 83.1 |
| No | 89 | 16.9 |
| Do you think you will feel any kind of discomfort when you leave home after the lockdown is over? | ||
| Yes | 182 | 34.5 |
| Indifferent | 48 | 9.1 |
| No | 298 | 56.4 |
| Has this situation given you a more pessimistic view of your immediate future? | ||
| Yes | 239 | 45.3 |
| Indifferent | 62 | 11.7 |
| No | 227 | 43 |
| Do you think your physical health will get worse? | ||
| Yes | 88 | 16.7 |
| Indifferent | 90 | 17.0 |
| No | 350 | 66.3 |
| Do you think your family life will get worse? | ||
| Yes | 80 | 15.2 |
| Indifferent | 56 | 10.6 |
| No | 392 | 74.2 |
| Do you think your social relationships will get worse? | ||
| Yes | 168 | 31.8 |
| Indifferent | 42 | 8 |
| No | 318 | 60.2 |
| Do you think the pandemic will have any beneficial effect? | ||
| Yes | 101 | 19.1 |
| Indifferent | 70 | 13.3 |
| No | 357 | 67.6 |
| Question/Scale | Mean (SD) | |
| About how many close friends or close family do you have? (People with whom you feel comfortable and can talk about everything you can think of) | 13.59 (12.60) | |
| Resilient coping (BRCS) score | 10.18 (2.76) | |
| Positive feelings (SPANE-P) score | 9.96 (4.65) | |
| Negative feelings (SPANE-N) score | 6.83 (2.70) | |
Results are shown as mean, and standard deviation (SD, in brackets), or frequency and percentage. BRCS, Brief Resilient Coping Scale; SPANE-P, Scale of Positive and Negative Experience—Positive feelings; SPANE-N, Scale of Positive and Negative Experience—Negative feelings.