Department of Sociology I, Faculty of Economics and Business, Alicante University, San Vicente del Raspeig, 03690 Alicante, Spain.
GIS-UA, Faculty of Economics and Business, Alicante University, San Vicente del Raspeig, 03690 Alicante, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Mar 30;20(7):5337. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20075337.
Society is immersed in a process of demographic transformation of great relevance: the ageing of the population. During the ageing stage, relevant changes occur, such as age-related losses, lack of formal and informal support or changes in social roles, which can cause situations of isolation or loneliness in older people. After the Spanish government decreed a state of alarm throughout the national territory in response to the arrival of SARS-CoV2, the confinement of the entire population was established, and only essential services and authorized persons could continue to carry out their daily activities and professional tasks. In addition, since the beginning of the pandemic, older people were considered high-risk people, a circumstance that increased their isolation situation.
Understand, organize and systematically analyse the scientific evidence generated in relation to the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the processes and feelings of isolation and loneliness of the elderly population, from the beginning of the health crisis until the date of search.
a scoping review was conducted using the methodology of Arksey and O'Malley, which included a review of the studies available in the online databases Proquest, Scopus and WOS. From the search, information related to the isolation and collective of elderly people during the pandemic was extracted.
a total of 32 articles were included, from which three fundamental areas of analysis emerged and three issues emerged: older people and institutionalisation during the pandemic, ageism and hospitalisation of the elderly during the pandemic, and loneliness and isolation of older people throughout the pandemic.
the lack of material resources and infrastructures to be able to face the problem of isolation in institutions was evident. The importance of acquiring, on the part of the elderly, competences, knowledge and skills in new technologies in order to continue with contact with their peer group and family was also observed.
this study identifies areas already understood, as well as knowledge gaps, that allow for determining opportunities for future research and thus the ability to improve in situations similar to the one that occurred.
从健康危机开始到检索日期，了解、组织和系统分析与 COVID-19 大流行对老年人群体的隔离和孤独感的产生过程和感受相关的科学证据。
使用 Arksey 和 O'Malley 的方法进行了范围综述，该方法包括在 Proquest、Scopus 和 WOS 在线数据库中搜索可用的研究。从搜索中提取了与大流行期间老年人隔离和集体生活相关的信息。
共纳入 32 篇文章，从中出现了三个基本分析领域和三个问题：大流行期间的老年人和机构化、年龄歧视和老年人在大流行期间的住院治疗，以及整个大流行期间老年人的孤独和隔离。
显然缺乏物质资源和基础设施来应对机构隔离问题。还观察到老年人获得新技术方面的能力、知识和技能的重要性，以便继续与同龄人和家人保持联系。
本研究确定了已经理解的领域以及知识空白，从而为未来的研究确定了机会，从而提高了类似发生的情况的能力。
