Centre for Socio-Economic Research on Ageing, IRCCS-INRCA National Institute of Health & Science on Ageing, Ancona, Italy.
Instituto de Investigación en Políticas de Bienestar Social (POLIBIENESTAR)-Research Institute on Social Welfare Policy, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain.
PLoS One. 2022 Aug 31;17(8):e0273814. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273814. eCollection 2022.
Major global problems such as population ageing, long-term care and the socio-economic burden of chronically ill older people and their families are urgent issues. Research in this field contributes to the growing international literature on health-related quality-of-life instruments, but little is known about the links between the related variables. Thus, the scoping review this protocol refers to plans to examine the socio-economic consequences of older people's poor health on their economic conditions and their families. In particular, the main aims are: a) to map the main concepts that characterize the body of the reference literature; b) to identify conceptual gaps or unexplored research areas to be addressed; c) to illuminate the difficulties that affect a large number of families with older members to care for, with particular attention to the concept of socio-economic deprivation, which includes material living conditions as well as social aspects (e.g. in the form of loneliness experienced as a consequence of health disorders). This protocol paper fulfils the purpose of clarifying the planned methodological phases, including the sub-phases, and listing the techniques used. A three-step approach is being applied, consisting of: pre-planning phase, protocol phase, and conduction and reporting phase. The preliminary stages of the protocol design are part of a dedicated project within the Open Science Framework platform and included in a Research Square preprint. This proposed project will contribute to multidisciplinary research on the connections between ill health and poverty, and could support critical reflections on the current evidence and guide future policies to alleviate this double burden.
主要的全球性问题，如人口老龄化、长期护理以及慢性病患者和其家庭的社会经济负担，都是紧迫的问题。该领域的研究有助于丰富关于与健康相关的生活质量工具的国际文献，但人们对相关变量之间的联系知之甚少。因此，本研究方案中提到的范围综述计划研究老年人健康状况不佳对其经济状况和家庭的社会经济后果。具体来说，主要目标是：a）绘制描述参考文献主体概念的特征；b）确定概念上的差距或未探索的研究领域；c）阐明影响大量有老年成员的家庭的困难，特别关注社会经济剥夺的概念，该概念包括物质生活条件以及社会方面（例如，由于健康障碍而导致的孤独感）。本方案文件旨在阐明计划的方法学阶段，包括子阶段，并列出所使用的技术。采用三步法，包括：预规划阶段、方案阶段和实施与报告阶段。方案设计的初步阶段是开放科学框架平台内一个专门项目的一部分，并包含在 Research Square 的预印本中。该拟议项目将有助于对健康不良与贫困之间的联系进行跨学科研究，并为当前证据提供批判性思考，并为减轻这一双重负担提供未来政策指导。
