Factors influencing long-term care facility performance during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on long-term care facilities (LTCFs). Some LTCFs performed better than others at slowing COVID-19 transmission. Emerging literature has mostly described infection prevention and control strategies implemented by LTCFs during the pandemic. However, there is a need for a comprehensive review of factors that influenced the performance of LTCFs in containing COVID-19 spread to inform public health policy.

Objective

To build on the existing literature, we conducted a scoping review of factors that influenced LTCF performance during the COVID-19 pandemic using a multidimensional conceptual framework of performance.

Methods

We followed the Joanna Briggs Institute's methodology for scoping reviews. We queried CINAHL, MEDLINE (Ovi

SUBMITTER: Tchouaket EN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11304669 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature