Impact of Social Isolation Due to COVID-19 on Health in Older People: Mental and Physical Effects and Recommendations

To review the impact of social isolation during COVID-19 pandemic on mental and physical health of older people and the recommendations for patients, caregivers and health professionals. Narrative review. Non-institutionalized community-living people. 20.069 individuals from ten descriptive cross-se...

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Published in:The Journal of nutrition, health & aging Vol. 24; no. 9; pp. 938 - 947
Main Authors: Sepúlveda-Loyola, W., Rodríguez-Sánchez, I., Pérez-Rodríguez, P., Ganz, F., Torralba, R., Oliveira, D.V., Rodríguez-Mañas, Leocadio
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Paris Elsevier Masson SAS 01.09.2020
Springer Paris
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aging
Americas
anxiety
Anxiety - etiology
Asia
caregivers
cognition
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 infection
Cross-Sectional Studies
Depression - etiology
Europe
Exercise
Female
Geriatrics/Gerontology
Humans
International organizations
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental Disorders - etiology
Mental health
Middle Aged
Neurosciences
Nutrition
Older people
Pandemics
physical function
physical health
Primary Care Medicine
Quality of Life Research
Quarantine
SARS-CoV-2
Sedentary Behavior
sleep
Sleep Wake Disorders - etiology
Social distancing
Social isolation
Social Isolation - psychology
telemedicine
Americas
Asia
Europe
COVID-19
physical function
aging
Social isolation
mental health
ISSN:1279-7707, 1760-4788, 1760-4788
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Summary:To review the impact of social isolation during COVID-19 pandemic on mental and physical health of older people and the recommendations for patients, caregivers and health professionals. Narrative review. Non-institutionalized community-living people. 20.069 individuals from ten descriptive cross-sectional papers. Articles since 2019 to 2020 published on Pubmed, Scielo and Google Scholar databases with the following MeSh terms (‘COVID-19', ‘coronavirus', ‘aging', ‘older people', ‘elderly', ‘social isolation' and ‘quarantine') in English, Spanish or Portuguese were included. The studies not including people over 60 were excluded. Guidelines, recommendations, and update documents from different international organizations related to mental and physical activity were also analysed. 41 documents have been included in this narrative review, involving a total of 20.069 individuals (58% women), from Asia, Europe and America. 31 articles included recommendations and 10 addressed the impact of social distancing on mental or physical health. The main outcomes reported were anxiety, depression, poor sleep quality and physical inactivity during the isolation period. Cognitive strategies and increasing physical activity levels using apps, online videos, telehealth, are the main international recommendations. Mental and physical health in older people are negatively affected during the social distancing for COVID-19. Therefore, a multicomponent program with exercise and psychological strategies are highly recommended for this population during the confinement. Future investigations are necessary in this field.
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ISSN:1279-7707
1760-4788
1760-4788
DOI:10.1007/s12603-020-1500-7