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ArticleIranian journal of public health2020

The Main Issues and Challenges Older Adults Face in the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: A Scoping Review of Literature.

Khorshid Mobasseri, Saber Azami-Aghdash, Ahmad Khanijahani, Rahim Khodayari-Zarnaq

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Article in Iranian journal of public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Intergenerational contact during and beyond COVID-19.The Journal of social issues · 2022
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  5. Exploring the intersection of structural racism and ageism in healthcare.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Khorshid MobasseriDepartment of Health Education and Promotion, School of Health, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Saber Azami-AghdashDepartment of Health Policy and Management, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Ahmad KhanijahaniDepartment of Health Administration and Public Health, John G. Rangos School of Health Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Rahim Khodayari-ZarnaqDepartment of Health Policy and Management, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Disease 2019 (SARS-CoV-2) severely affects those above the age of 60 yr and those with other conditions. This study aimed to review the available evidence on older adult's issues in facing the COVID-19 pandemic.

methodsThe framework is based on scoping review of literature published from Jan 10 to Jul 31, 2020. Medline, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar databases and other sources of information, to identify grey literature, were selected for data collection. Two researchers independently screened all studies and extracted data. All types of studies published about SARS-CoV-2 and related to older adults' issues were eligible.

resultsOverall, 210 documents were included in the final analysis. Letter to the editor was the most frequent article format (20.95%). Most of the papers were from the United States (38.09%) and published in Jun 2020 (29.52%). After content analysis, six following themes were extracted: Supporting and information sources, e-health services, access to essential supplies, Long Term Care Facilities (LTCFs), physical and mental consequences of self-isolation, neglect of older adults, ageism and age discrimination.

conclusionIn the pandemic, there is an urgent need for interventional research and innovational implementations to address issues related to providing services for older adults. This can help older adults to maintain their physical and mental health, and reduce the spread of infection in nursing homes. Further studies focusing on the rights of the older adults are needed on all issues associated with COVID-19.

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Mental healthNursing homesOlder adultsReviewSARS-CoV-2

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