Department of Occupational Therapy, Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Center for Studies on Healthy Aging, Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
BMJ Open. 2021 May 5;11(5):e044657. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044657.
The increasing population of older adults is one of the most significant challenges faced by various countries across the world. South Asian region is accommodating almost a quarter of the world's population, with nearly 6% of them being >65 years of age. There is a lack of awareness regarding the role of occupational therapists in community settings, the assessments and interventions used by occupational therapists to facilitate healthy ageing among community-dwelling older adults. This scoping review is planned to systematically identify the literature from the last two decades, related to various assessments and interventions provided by occupational therapists to promote healthy ageing among older adults in South Asia.
This scoping review will be based on the methodological framework given by Arksey and O'Malley and Levac and will include data from January 2000 onwards. The following databases will be included in the search-SCOPUS, MEDLINE (PubMed), Web of Science, CINAHL, EBSCO, Clinical key, Wiley Online, ProQuest and Cochrane library. Screening of titles and abstracts and full texts will be carried out by two reviewers independently in consultation with the third reviewer. Both quantitative and qualitative data will be analysed separately to identify the assessments carried out, interventions provided and factors that influence healthy ageing among community-dwelling older adults aged ≥60 years in South Asia. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews will be used for collating and reporting the results.
As this scoping review uses data from already available literature, it does not require ethics approval. Results will summarise and present the existing literature related to healthy ageing among community-dwelling older adults. We plan to disseminate the results through a peer-reviewed journal, targeting occupational therapists, other rehabilitation workers and researchers from South Asia.
老年人人口的增长是世界各国面临的最重大挑战之一。南亚地区容纳了世界近四分之一的人口，其中近 6%的人口年龄在 65 岁以上。人们对职业治疗师在社区环境中的作用、职业治疗师为促进社区居住的老年人健康老龄化而使用的评估和干预措施缺乏认识。本范围综述旨在系统地确定过去二十年中与南亚地区职业治疗师为促进老年人口健康老龄化而提供的各种评估和干预措施相关的文献。
本范围综述将基于 Arksey 和 O'Malley 以及 Levac 的方法学框架，并将包括 2000 年 1 月以来的数据。将在以下数据库中进行搜索-SCOPUS、MEDLINE（PubMed）、Web of Science、CINAHL、EBSCO、Clinical key、Wiley Online、ProQuest 和 Cochrane 图书馆。两名评审员将独立筛选标题和摘要以及全文，并与第三名评审员协商。将分别对定量和定性数据进行分析，以确定在南亚地区对 60 岁及以上社区居住的老年人进行的评估、干预措施以及影响健康老龄化的因素。将使用系统评价和荟萃分析扩展的首选报告项目来整理和报告结果。
由于本范围综述使用现有文献中的数据，因此不需要伦理批准。结果将总结和介绍与社区居住的老年人口健康老龄化相关的现有文献。我们计划通过同行评议的期刊传播结果，目标受众是南亚地区的职业治疗师、其他康复工作者和研究人员。
