Prevalence of loneliness and social isolation among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis

ABSTRACTObjectivesPandemics and their public health control measures have generally substantially increased the level of loneliness and social isolation in the general population. Because of the circumstances of aging, older adults are more likely to experience social isolation and loneliness during...

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Vydané v:International psychogeriatrics Ročník 35; číslo 5; s. 229 - 241
Hlavní autori: Su, Yingying, Rao, Wenwang, Li, Muzi, Caron, Gabriel, D’Arcy, Carl, Meng, Xiangfei
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.05.2023
Elsevier Inc
Predmet:
Adults
Aged
Aging
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
elderly
Health care industry
Health services
Humans
Languages
Loneliness
Longitudinal studies
Mental health services
Meta-analysis
Older people
Pandemics
Policy making
Population aging
Prevalence
Psychological services
Public health
Social Isolation
Systematic review
COVID-19
social isolation
prevalence
elderly
meta-analysis
loneliness
systematic review
ISSN:1041-6102, 1741-203X, 1741-203X
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Shrnutí:ABSTRACTObjectivesPandemics and their public health control measures have generally substantially increased the level of loneliness and social isolation in the general population. Because of the circumstances of aging, older adults are more likely to experience social isolation and loneliness during pandemics. However, no systematic review has been conducted or published on the prevalence of loneliness and/or social isolation among the older population. This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to provide up-to-date pooled estimates of the prevalence of social isolation and loneliness among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic and other pandemics in the last two decades. DesignEMBASE, PsychoINFO, Medline, and Web of Science were searched for relevant studies from January 1, 2000 to November 31, 2021 published in a variety of languages. Only studies conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic were selected in the review. ResultsA total of 30 studies including 28,050 participants met the inclusion criteria. Overall, the pooled period prevalence of loneliness among older adults was 28.6% (95% CI: 22.9–35.0%) and 31.2% for social isolation (95% CI: 20.2–44.9%). Prevalence estimates were significantly higher for those studies conducted post 3-month from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to those conducted within the first 3 months of the pandemic. ConclusionsThis review identifies the need for good quality longitudinal studies to examine the long-term impact of pandemics on loneliness and social isolation among older populations. Health policymaking and healthcare systems should proactively address the rising demand for appropriate psychological services among older adults.
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ISSN:1041-6102
1741-203X
1741-203X
DOI:10.1017/S1041610222000199