ReviewThe journal of nutrition, health & aging2020
Impact of Social Isolation Due to COVID-19 on Health in Older People: Mental and Physical Effects and Recommendations.
Review in The journal of nutrition, health & aging, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05682872 (Multifactorial Fall Prevention Program in People Aged 65 or Over of an Urban Area of Talavera de la Reina), which is not on this map. Cited by 403 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Multifactorial Fall Prevention Program in People Aged 65 or Over of an Urban Area of Talavera de la Reina
Who cites it
403 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 595 citations in OpenAlex.
- Sensor-Based Technologies for the Detection of Unwanted Loneliness in Older Adults: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Pooled it
- Loneliness among community-dwelling older adults across biological, clinical and psychosocial domains before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Definitions and symptoms of the post-COVID syndrome: an updated systematic umbrella review.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2025Pooled it
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- Examining the mental health services among people with mental disorders: a literature review.BMC psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Social frailty as a predictor of all-cause mortality and functional disability: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2024Pooled it
- Health maintenance through home-based interventions for community-dwelling older people with sarcopenia during and after the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Experimental gerontology · 2023Pooled it
- Association between COVID-19 and sexual health: an umbrella review.Annals of medicine · 2023Pooled it
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- Intervention for Social Frailty Focusing on Physical Activity and Reducing Loneliness: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Clinical interventions in aging · 2025Trial
- Quality of life of patients with hip fracture was better during the COVID-19 period than before, an ancillary study from the HiFIT multicenter study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Trial
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- The effectiveness of a health education intervention to reduce anxiety in quarantined COVID-19 patients: a randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2023Trial
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- COVID-19 Impact on Health Behaviors and Survey Engagement in Older African Americans: Longitudinal Cohort Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Observational
- High-risk profiles for functional and cognitive decline following COVID-19 confinement in nursing home residents: A multicentre observational studyAnales del sistema sanitario de Navarra · 2026Observational
- It is Not Only About Staying Alive: A Living Systematic Review of Social Care Strategies for Older Adults in Residential Care Facilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of social work (London, England) · 2026Article
- Community stakeholders' perspectives on supporting the well-being of older adults: a focus group study on lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC public health · 2026Article
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- Risk factors associated with depressive symptoms among institutionalized elderly in Lebanon.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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7 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectivesTo review the impact of social isolation during COVID-19 pandemic on mental and physical health of older people and the recommendations for patients, caregivers and health professionals.
designNarrative review.
settingNon-institutionalized community-living people.
participants20.069 individuals from ten descriptive cross-sectional papers. MEASUREMENTS: Articles since 2019 to 2020 published on Pubmed, Scielo and Google Scholar databases with the following MeSh terms ('COVID-19', 'coronavirus', 'aging', 'older people', 'elderly', 'social isolation' and 'quarantine') in English, Spanish or Portuguese were included. The studies not including people over 60 were excluded. Guidelines, recommendations, and update documents from different international organizations related to mental and physical activity were also analysed.
results41 documents have been included in this narrative review, involving a total of 20.069 individuals (58% women), from Asia, Europe and America. 31 articles included recommendations and 10 addressed the impact of social distancing on mental or physical health. The main outcomes reported were anxiety, depression, poor sleep quality and physical inactivity during the isolation period. Cognitive strategies and increasing physical activity levels using apps, online videos, telehealth, are the main international recommendations.
conclusionMental and physical health in older people are negatively affected during the social distancing for COVID-19. Therefore, a multicomponent program with exercise and psychological strategies are highly recommended for this population during the confinement. Future investigations are necessary in this field.
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