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Older adults’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative systematic literature review
OBJECTIVES: Relatively little is known about the lived experiences of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. We systematically review the international literature to understand the lived experiences of older adult’s experiences during the pandemic. DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY: This study uses a meta-...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10510218/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37730571 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04282-6 |
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author | Derrer-Merk, Elfriede Reyes-Rodriguez, Maria-Fernanda Soulsby, Laura K. Roper, Louise Bennett, Kate M. |
author_facet | Derrer-Merk, Elfriede Reyes-Rodriguez, Maria-Fernanda Soulsby, Laura K. Roper, Louise Bennett, Kate M. |
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description | OBJECTIVES: Relatively little is known about the lived experiences of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. We systematically review the international literature to understand the lived experiences of older adult’s experiences during the pandemic. DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY: This study uses a meta-ethnographical approach to investigate the included studies. The analyses were undertaken with constructivist grounded theory. RESULTS: Thirty-two studies met the inclusion criteria and only five papers were of low quality. Most, but not all studies, were from the global north. We identified three themes: desired and challenged wellbeing; coping and adaptation; and discrimination and intersectionality. Overall, the studies’ findings were varied and reflected different times during the pandemic. Studies reported the impact of mass media messaging and its mostly negative impact on older adults. Many studies highlighted the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on participants' social connectivity and well-being including missing the proximity of loved ones and in consequence experienced an increase in anxiety, feeling of depression, or loneliness. However, many studies reported how participants adapted to the change of lifestyle including new ways of communication, and social distancing. Some studies focused on discrimination and the experiences of sexual and gender minority and ethnic minority participants. Studies found that the pandemic impacted the participants’ well-being including suicidal risk behaviour, friendship loss, and increased mental health issues. CONCLUSION: The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted and impacted older adults’ well-being worldwide. Despite the cultural and socio-economic differences many commonalities were found. Studies described the impact of mass media reporting, social connectivity, impact of confinement on well-being, coping, and on discrimination. The authors suggest that these findings need to be acknowledged for future pandemic strategies. Additionally, policy-making processes need to include older adults to address their needs. PROSPERO record [CRD42022331714], (Derrer-Merk et al., Older adults’ lived experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review, 2022). |
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spelling | pubmed-105102182023-09-21 Older adults’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative systematic literature review Derrer-Merk, Elfriede Reyes-Rodriguez, Maria-Fernanda Soulsby, Laura K. Roper, Louise Bennett, Kate M. BMC Geriatr Research OBJECTIVES: Relatively little is known about the lived experiences of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. We systematically review the international literature to understand the lived experiences of older adult’s experiences during the pandemic. DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY: This study uses a meta-ethnographical approach to investigate the included studies. The analyses were undertaken with constructivist grounded theory. RESULTS: Thirty-two studies met the inclusion criteria and only five papers were of low quality. Most, but not all studies, were from the global north. We identified three themes: desired and challenged wellbeing; coping and adaptation; and discrimination and intersectionality. Overall, the studies’ findings were varied and reflected different times during the pandemic. Studies reported the impact of mass media messaging and its mostly negative impact on older adults. Many studies highlighted the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on participants' social connectivity and well-being including missing the proximity of loved ones and in consequence experienced an increase in anxiety, feeling of depression, or loneliness. However, many studies reported how participants adapted to the change of lifestyle including new ways of communication, and social distancing. Some studies focused on discrimination and the experiences of sexual and gender minority and ethnic minority participants. Studies found that the pandemic impacted the participants’ well-being including suicidal risk behaviour, friendship loss, and increased mental health issues. CONCLUSION: The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted and impacted older adults’ well-being worldwide. Despite the cultural and socio-economic differences many commonalities were found. Studies described the impact of mass media reporting, social connectivity, impact of confinement on well-being, coping, and on discrimination. The authors suggest that these findings need to be acknowledged for future pandemic strategies. Additionally, policy-making processes need to include older adults to address their needs. PROSPERO record [CRD42022331714], (Derrer-Merk et al., Older adults’ lived experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review, 2022). BioMed Central 2023-09-20 /pmc/articles/PMC10510218/ /pubmed/37730571 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04282-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Derrer-Merk, Elfriede Reyes-Rodriguez, Maria-Fernanda Soulsby, Laura K. Roper, Louise Bennett, Kate M. Older adults’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative systematic literature review |
title | Older adults’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative systematic literature review |
title_full | Older adults’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative systematic literature review |
title_fullStr | Older adults’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative systematic literature review |
title_full_unstemmed | Older adults’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative systematic literature review |
title_short | Older adults’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative systematic literature review |
title_sort | older adults’ experiences during the covid-19 pandemic: a qualitative systematic literature review |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10510218/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37730571 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04282-6 |
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