Integrating social support into interventions among the elderly in nursing homes: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The instituted elderly in nursing home need professional support targeting to maintain their daily activities and quality of life. Social support affects the health of elderly through its influence as a stress buffering or main effects on emotions, cognitions and behaviour that improve health outcomes. Understanding and identifying available interventions for the elderly in the literature related to integrating social support into interventions will be benefits to guide future practice, research and policy.

Methods and analysis

A scoping review designed by Arksey and O'Malley has been used in this study. Key words, inclusion and exclusion criteria were elaborated to search the primary articles that published in English from 2010 to 2021 mainly from PubMed, Scien

SUBMITTER: Behrendt D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8808442 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature