Psychological interventions for loneliness and social isolation among older adults during medical pandemics: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Objectives There is little research conducted to systematically synthesize the evidence on psychological interventions for social isolation and loneliness among older adults during medical pandemics. This systematic review aims to address this information gap and provides guidance for planning and i...
| Publicado en: | Age & Ageing Vol. 52; no. 6; pp. 1 - 15 |
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Jun2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=164654195&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 164654195 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00020729 AGA jtl: Age & Ageing issn: 00020729 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2023 vid: 52 iid: 6 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 164654195 10.1093/ageing/afad076 ppf: 1 ppct: 14 formats: tig: atl: Psychological interventions for loneliness and social isolation among older adults during medical pandemics: a systematic review and meta-analysis. aug: au: Li, Muzi Rao, Wenwang Su, Yingying Sul, Youngjoo Caron, Gabriel D'Arcy, Carl Fleury, Marie-Josee Meng, Xiangfei affil: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University , Montreal, Quebec H3A1A1 , Canada Douglas Research Centre , Montreal, Quebec H4H 1R3 , Canada Department of Preventive Medicine, Shantou University Medical College , Shantou, Guangdong 515041 , China Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, McGill University , Montreal, Quebec H3A0G4 , Canada School of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N5E5 , Canada Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N5E5 , Canada su: Social isolation Qualitative research Loneliness Epidemics Social skills Psychotherapy Psychology information storage & retrieval systems Research Meta-analysis Medical information storage & retrieval systems Systematic reviews MEDLINE sug: subj: Social isolation Qualitative research Loneliness Epidemics Social skills Psychotherapy Psychology information storage & retrieval systems Research Meta-analysis Medical information storage & retrieval systems Systematic reviews MEDLINE keyword: COVID-19 intervention loneliness older people systematic review COVID-19 intervention loneliness older people systematic review ab: Objectives There is little research conducted to systematically synthesize the evidence on psychological interventions for social isolation and loneliness among older adults during medical pandemics. This systematic review aims to address this information gap and provides guidance for planning and implementing interventions to prevent and reduce loneliness and social isolation for older adults, especially during medical pandemics. Methods Four electronic databases (EMBASE, PsychoInfo, Medline and Web of Science) and grey literature from 1 January 2000 to 13 September 2022 were searched for eligible studies on loneliness and social isolation. Data extraction and methodological quality assessment on key study characteristics were conducted independently by two researchers. Both qualitative synthesis and meta-analysis were used. Results The initial search yielded 3,116 titles. Of the 215 full texts reviewed, 12 intervention articles targeting loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic met the inclusion criteria. No studies were found concerning intervention with respect to social isolation. Overall, interventions targeting social skills and the elimination of negativities effectively alleviated the feelings of loneliness in the older population. However, they had only short-term effects. Conclusion This review systematically summarised the key characteristics and the effectiveness of existing interventions addressing loneliness in older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Future interventions should focus on social skills and eliminating negativities and be tailored to the needs and characteristics of older people. Repeated larger-scale randomized controlled trials and long-term effectiveness evaluations on this topic are warranted. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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