Learning from the covid-19 outbreaks in long-term care facilities: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has devastatingly affected Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCF), exposing aging people, staff members, and visitors. The world has learned through the pandemic and lessons can be taken to adopt effective measures to deal with COVID-19 outbreaks in LTCF. We aimed to systematically review the available evidence on the effect of measures to minimize the risk of transmission of COVID-19 in LTCs during outbreaks since 2021.

Methods

The search method was guided by the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews (PRISMA) and the reporting guideline synthesis without meta-analysis (SWiM) in systematic reviews. The search was performed in April 2023. Observational and interventional studies from the databases of PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Cochra

SUBMITTER: Henriques HR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10546730 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature