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ArticleGerontology & geriatric medicine

Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on Home Care Workers: A Qualitative Study.

Christine FitzGerald, Eva Moynan, Catriona Lavelle, Cathal O'Neill, Katie Robinson, Pauline Boland, Pauline Meskell, Rose Galvin

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Article in Gerontology & geriatric medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christine FitzGeraldSchool of Allied Health, University of Limerick, Ireland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2180-7431
Eva MoynanSchool of Allied Health, University of Limerick, Ireland.
Catriona LavelleClarecare, Clare, Ireland.
Cathal O'NeillClarecare, Clare, Ireland.
Katie RobinsonSchool of Allied Health, University of Limerick, Ireland.
Pauline BolandSchool of Allied Health, University of Limerick, Ireland.
Pauline MeskellDepartment of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Limerick, Ireland.
Rose GalvinSchool of Allied Health, University of Limerick, Ireland.
University of Limerick · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This qualitative study aimed to gain insight into the impact of COVID-19 on Home Care Workers (HCWs). During COVID-19 HCWs provided a lifeline for home care clients to support older people remaining living in their own homes. With a high-risk client base, HCWs were one of the few (Health and Social Care Professional) HSCPs to continue providing home-based care throughout COVID-19. Despite these contributions HCWs provided for aging in place during COVID-19, a paucity of research exists in relation to the challenges and impact of the pandemic on HCWs. Three in-person focus groups were conducted (

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aginghealth services researchlabor forcequalitative research

Identifiers

PMID38250568
PMCPMC10799579
OpenAlexW4391053783

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