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Technology-based interventions for health challenges older women face amid COVID-19: a systematic review protocol

BACKGROUND: Pandemics, such as COVID-19, are dangerous and socially disruptive. Though no one is immune to COVID-19, older persons often bear the brunt of its consequences. This is particularly true for older women, as they often face more pronounced health challenges relative to other segments in s...

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Autores principales: Su, Zhaohui, Cheshmehzangi, Ali, Bentley, Barry L., McDonnell, Dean, Šegalo, Sabina, Ahmad, Junaid, Chen, Hengcai, Terjesen, Lori Ann, Lopez, Emme, Wagers, Shelly, Shi, Feng, Abbas, Jaffar, Wang, Caifeng, Cai, Yuyang, Xiang, Yu-Tao, da Veiga, Claudimar Pereira
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9746565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36514147
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13643-022-02150-9
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author Su, Zhaohui
Cheshmehzangi, Ali
Bentley, Barry L.
McDonnell, Dean
Šegalo, Sabina
Ahmad, Junaid
Chen, Hengcai
Terjesen, Lori Ann
Lopez, Emme
Wagers, Shelly
Shi, Feng
Abbas, Jaffar
Wang, Caifeng
Cai, Yuyang
Xiang, Yu-Tao
da Veiga, Claudimar Pereira
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Cheshmehzangi, Ali
Bentley, Barry L.
McDonnell, Dean
Šegalo, Sabina
Ahmad, Junaid
Chen, Hengcai
Terjesen, Lori Ann
Lopez, Emme
Wagers, Shelly
Shi, Feng
Abbas, Jaffar
Wang, Caifeng
Cai, Yuyang
Xiang, Yu-Tao
da Veiga, Claudimar Pereira
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description BACKGROUND: Pandemics, such as COVID-19, are dangerous and socially disruptive. Though no one is immune to COVID-19, older persons often bear the brunt of its consequences. This is particularly true for older women, as they often face more pronounced health challenges relative to other segments in society, including complex care needs, insufficient care provisions, mental illness, neglect, and increased domestic abuse. To further compound the situation, because protective measures like lockdowns can result in unintended consequences, many health services older women depend on can become disrupted or discontinued amid pandemics. While technology-based interventions have the potential to provide near-time, location-free, and virtually accessible care, there is a dearth of systematic insights into this mode of care in the literature. To bridge the research gaps, this investigation aims to examine the characteristics and effectiveness of technology-based interventions that could address health challenges older women face amid COVID-19. METHODS: A systematic review of randomized trials reporting on technology-based interventions for older women (≥65 years) during COVID-19 will be conducted. The databases of Web of Science, ScienceDirect, PubMed/MEDLINE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and Scopus will be searched. Retrieved citations will be screened independently by at least two reviewers against the eligibility criteria. Included studies will be assessed using the Cochrane ROB-2 tool. Data will be extracted independently by the reviewers. Where possible, meta-analyses will be performed on relevant study outcomes and analysed via odds ratios on the dichotomized outcomes. Where applicable, heterogeneity will be measured using the Cochrane Q test, and publication bias will be assessed via funnel plots and Egger’s regression test. DISCUSSION: Technology has the potential to transform healthcare for the better. To help society better safeguard vulnerable populations’ health and quality of life, this investigation sets out to gauge the state-of-the-art development of technology-based interventions tailored to the health challenges older women face amid COVID-19. In light of the growing prevalence of population ageing and the inevitability of infectious disease outbreaks, greater research efforts are needed to ensure the timely inception and effective implementation of technology-based health solutions for vulnerable populations like older women, amid public health crises like COVID-19 and beyond. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: PROSPERO CRD42020194003
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spelling pubmed-97465652022-12-14 Technology-based interventions for health challenges older women face amid COVID-19: a systematic review protocol Su, Zhaohui Cheshmehzangi, Ali Bentley, Barry L. McDonnell, Dean Šegalo, Sabina Ahmad, Junaid Chen, Hengcai Terjesen, Lori Ann Lopez, Emme Wagers, Shelly Shi, Feng Abbas, Jaffar Wang, Caifeng Cai, Yuyang Xiang, Yu-Tao da Veiga, Claudimar Pereira Syst Rev Protocol BACKGROUND: Pandemics, such as COVID-19, are dangerous and socially disruptive. Though no one is immune to COVID-19, older persons often bear the brunt of its consequences. This is particularly true for older women, as they often face more pronounced health challenges relative to other segments in society, including complex care needs, insufficient care provisions, mental illness, neglect, and increased domestic abuse. To further compound the situation, because protective measures like lockdowns can result in unintended consequences, many health services older women depend on can become disrupted or discontinued amid pandemics. While technology-based interventions have the potential to provide near-time, location-free, and virtually accessible care, there is a dearth of systematic insights into this mode of care in the literature. To bridge the research gaps, this investigation aims to examine the characteristics and effectiveness of technology-based interventions that could address health challenges older women face amid COVID-19. METHODS: A systematic review of randomized trials reporting on technology-based interventions for older women (≥65 years) during COVID-19 will be conducted. The databases of Web of Science, ScienceDirect, PubMed/MEDLINE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and Scopus will be searched. Retrieved citations will be screened independently by at least two reviewers against the eligibility criteria. Included studies will be assessed using the Cochrane ROB-2 tool. Data will be extracted independently by the reviewers. Where possible, meta-analyses will be performed on relevant study outcomes and analysed via odds ratios on the dichotomized outcomes. Where applicable, heterogeneity will be measured using the Cochrane Q test, and publication bias will be assessed via funnel plots and Egger’s regression test. DISCUSSION: Technology has the potential to transform healthcare for the better. To help society better safeguard vulnerable populations’ health and quality of life, this investigation sets out to gauge the state-of-the-art development of technology-based interventions tailored to the health challenges older women face amid COVID-19. In light of the growing prevalence of population ageing and the inevitability of infectious disease outbreaks, greater research efforts are needed to ensure the timely inception and effective implementation of technology-based health solutions for vulnerable populations like older women, amid public health crises like COVID-19 and beyond. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: PROSPERO CRD42020194003 BioMed Central 2022-12-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9746565/ /pubmed/36514147 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13643-022-02150-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis 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.
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Su, Zhaohui
Cheshmehzangi, Ali
Bentley, Barry L.
McDonnell, Dean
Šegalo, Sabina
Ahmad, Junaid
Chen, Hengcai
Terjesen, Lori Ann
Lopez, Emme
Wagers, Shelly
Shi, Feng
Abbas, Jaffar
Wang, Caifeng
Cai, Yuyang
Xiang, Yu-Tao
da Veiga, Claudimar Pereira
Technology-based interventions for health challenges older women face amid COVID-19: a systematic review protocol
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9746565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36514147
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13643-022-02150-9
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