Effectiveness of interventions to address different types of vulnerabilities in community-dwelling older adults: An umbrella review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Frailty, social isolation, loneliness, and poverty may render older adults vulnerable to social or health stressors. It is imperative to identify effective interventions to address them especially in the context of COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective

To identify effective community-based interventions to address frailty, social isolation, loneliness, and poverty among community-dwelling older adults.

Design

Umbrella review.

Data source

We systematically searched PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane CENTRAL, EBM-Reviews, CINAHL via EBSCO, and APA PsycInfo via Ovid from January 2009 to December 2022.

Eligibility criteria

We included systematic reviews or quantitative reviews of non-pharmacologic interventions targeting community-dwelling older adults

SUBMITTER: Adekpedjou R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10168691 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature