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The hidden stigma of aging and COVID-19: aggravating factors and strategies to mitigate the impact of the pandemic in older adults, a text mining analysis.
Borelli, Wyllians Vendramini; Xavier, Laura de Lima; Ornell, Felipe; Schuch, Jaqueline Bohrer; Von Diemen, Lisia.
Afiliação
  • Borelli WV; Neurology Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
  • Xavier LL; Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Ornell F; Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Schuch JB; Center for Drug and Alcohol Research, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
  • Von Diemen L; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psiquiatria e Ciências Do Comportamento, Departamento de Psiquiatria e Medicina Legal, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Aging Ment Health ; 26(5): 881-889, 2022 05.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33949899
OBJECTIVE: To identify factors associated with mental health of older adults during the pandemic and to provide strategies to mitigate their psychosocial impact in the elderly. METHOD: An integrative text mining analysis in Medline was performed to identify studies on the mental health of older adults during the pandemic. Subsequently, statistical topic modeling was performed to identify the most prevalent terms and topics discussed in included studies. RESULTS: A total of 29 studies were retrieved until July 1st 2020, including a majority of letters (12 studies) and commentaries (8 studies). The most frequent terms overall were: loneliness (n = 137), support (n = 132), home (n = 102), suicide (n = 96) and help (n = 94). The most prevalent terms were then divided in five topics: home (33%), suicide (32%), apps (15%), loneliness (12%) and physical activity (9%). Additionally, a section focused on low- and middle-income countries was included. A summary of strategies to mitigate the effects of pandemic in mental health of older adults was also provided. CONCLUSION: These factors demonstrate the importance of developing strategies for psychosocial support that take into consideration the particularities of the elderly. Different levels of care are immediately necessary to diminish the devastating impact of the pandemic in the mental health of older adults.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Pandemias / COVID-19 Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies / Systematic_reviews Limite: Aged / Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Pandemias / COVID-19 Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies / Systematic_reviews Limite: Aged / Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article