Fighting social isolation in times of pandemic COVID-19: the role of video calls for older hospitalized patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Loneliness and social isolation are associated with anxiety and psychological discomfort, especially amongst the oldest and fragile persons.

Aims

SILVER evaluates the acceptance of video calls by old hospitalized patients and their relatives during the ban on visits due to the COVID-19. Moreover, SILVER evaluates if the use of different communication technology is associated with different outcomes in terms of anxiety, fear of self and of others' death and mood.

Methods

SILVER is an observational multicentre study. Patients hospitalized in two geriatric units in Switzerland and in one orthogeriatric unit in Italy and their relatives were enrolled. Participants can freely choose to use phone or video calls and were evaluated over a week. We measured anxiety,

SUBMITTER: Durst AV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9261146 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature