Is equity considered in systematic reviews of interventions for mitigating social isolation and loneliness in older adults?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social isolation and loneliness affect one in four older adults in many regions around the world. Social isolation and loneliness are shown to be associated with declines in physical and mental health. Intersecting social determinants of health influence both the risk of being socially isolated and lonely as well as the access and uptake of interventions. Our objective is to evaluate what evidence is available within systematic reviews on how to mitigate inequities in access to and effectiveness of interventions.

Methods

We performed an overview of reviews following methods of the Cochrane Handbook for Overviews of Reviews. We selected systematic reviews of effectiveness of interventions aimed at mitigating social isolation and loneliness in older adults (aged 60

SUBMITTER: Madani MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9713122 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature