Differences in Physical and Mental Health of Older Adults over the Covid-19 Pandemic from Face-to-Face versus Hybrid Methods

Differences in Physical and Mental Health of Older Adults over the Covid-19 Pandemic from Face-to-Face versus Hybrid Methods

Chun Fatt Lau^1,2, Nur Husna Shahimi^1,3, Sumaiyah Mat^1,4, Sheng Hui Kioh^1,5,6, Ee Ming Khoo⁷, Mohd Idzwan bin Zakaria⁸, Nurliza Khaliddin⁹, Mazlina Mazlan¹⁰, Selina Khoo¹¹, Nor Izzati Saedon^1,2, Hui Min Khor^1,2, Samuel R Nyman¹², Karen Morgan^1,13, *Maw Pin Tan^1,2

¹Ageing and Age-Associated Disorder Group, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia

²Geriatric Division, Department of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia

³Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaya

⁴Center for Healthy Ageing and Wellness, Physiotherapy Programme, Faculty of Health Sciences, The Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia

⁵Ageing Clinical & Experimental Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland

⁶Department of Chiropractic, Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

⁷Department of Primary Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia

⁸Academic Unit Trauma and Emergency, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia

⁹University Malaya Eye Research Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia

¹⁰Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia

¹¹Centre for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia

¹²Bournemouth University Clinical Research Unit, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom

¹³Department of Health Psychology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland