Kyriazis Marios, Mikellides George, Pantelidakis Heraklis, Polycarpou Marina, Panayiotou Barnabas
National Gerontology Centre, Larnaca, Cyprus.
Materia Group, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Front Med (Lausanne). 2021 Aug 2;8:717692. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.717692. eCollection 2021.
Social isolation is associated with a higher risk of morbidity and death in older people. The quarantine and social distancing measures due to Covid-19 imposed in most countries and particularly in Cyprus, aim to isolate individuals from direct contact with others. This has resulted in vulnerable older people being isolated at their places of residence for several months, while the recommendations for continuing lockdowns do not appear to be ending. The risk of death from causes other than those related to Covid-19 increases in such individuals and it is due to the effects of social isolation. We estimate that in the next years, there will be a significant increase in the death numbers of such older people in Cyprus. The health authorities must develop a program of support for these older individuals to include medical, social, physical, and psychological elements. Examples of such support are given here.
社会隔离与老年人更高的发病和死亡风险相关。大多数国家，尤其是塞浦路斯，因新冠疫情实施的隔离和社交距离措施旨在使个人避免与他人直接接触。这导致易受伤害的老年人在其居住地被隔离数月，而持续封锁的建议似乎并未结束。这些人因新冠疫情以外原因导致的死亡风险增加，这是社会隔离的影响所致。我们估计，未来几年塞浦路斯此类老年人的死亡人数将大幅增加。卫生当局必须为这些老年人制定一项支持计划，涵盖医疗、社会、身体和心理等方面。此处给出了此类支持的示例。
