Scientific knowledge about infections by the new coronavirus in older adults: a scoping review

• Autor(a) principal: Tavares,Darlene Mara dos Santos
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Oliveira,Nayara Gomes Nunes, Diniz-Rezende,Marina Aleixo, Bitencourt,Graziele Ribeiro, Silva,Marcos Barragan da, Bolina,Alisson Fernandes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672021000800305
• topic: Aged; Coronavirus; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; Coronavirus Infections; Geriatric Nursing

ABSTRACT Objective: to map the scientific knowledge about COVID-19 in older adults. Method: this is a scoping review literature review. A search was performed in the PubMed, CINAHL, Web of Science and LILACS databases. Original articles that answered the guiding question were included: what scientific knowledge is available in the world about COVID-19 in older adults? Results: thirty-one articles were included, most of them carried out in China (n=23) and with a retrospective design (n=13) and case studies/case series (n=13). Based on the findings, six thematic categories emerged: clinical signs and symptoms (n=12), other information (n=9), adverse outcomes/complications resulting from COVID-19 (n=8), age relationship and greater severity of COVID-19 (n=8), variables related to death by COVID-19 (n=8), and diagnostic findings (n=8). Conclusion: the findings reinforce older adults’ greater vulnerability to the worsening of COVID-19, as well as to complications resulting from the disease, including the greater occurrence of death.