Social isolation: a look health elderly mental during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Stephany da Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Brandão, Gisetti Corina Gomes, Araújo, Kleane Maria da Fonseca Azevedo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/4244
• topic: Coronavírus; Idosos; Saúde mental.; Coronavírus; Mental health; Older adults.; Coronavírus; Salud mental; Adultos mayores.

Introduction: COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by the new coronavirus. The disease appeared in China in December 2019, and was classified as a Pandemic. The elderly are at the main risk group for COVID-19 infection. The main preventive measure is social isolation, so it is necessary to assess the challenges of this practice in the mental health of the elderly. The objective of this study is to investigate in the literature the challenges faced in social isolation for the mental health of the elderly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methodology: Integrative Literature Review, carried out in the databases; United States National Library of Medicine (NLM) - PubMed - and SciVerse Scopus (Elsevier), with studies from January to May 2020. Health descriptors '' Coronavirus '', '' Mental health '' and '' older adults ''. Results: 15 studies were included. Only research that addressed the challenges of social isolation in the mental health of the elderly, as well as strategies adopted by some countries to alleviate the problem that was formed in the pandemic of COVID-19. Conclusion: The importance of isolation in the prophylaxis of COVID-19 is recognized, however, it is clear that it can trigger and / or aggravate psychological disorders in the elderly. Some countries have adopted strategies to work with the elderly population in a situation of social isolation.