Telemental health use in the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review and evidence gap mapping

A Abraham, A Jithesh, S Doraiswamy… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted telemedicine use for mental illness
(telemental health). Objective: In the scoping review, we describe the scope and domains of …

Psychological impacts and online interventions of social isolation amongst older adults during COVID‐19 pandemic: A scoping review

NG Rodrigues, CQY Han, Y Su… - Journal of Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To summarise the psychological impacts of social isolation amongst older adults during
COVID‐19 and review the benefits and limitations of online interventions used to combat …

COVID-19 and ageism: How positive and negative responses impact older adults and society.

C Monahan, J Macdonald, A Lytle… - American …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
The disproportionately high rates of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) health
complications and mortality among older adults prompted supportive public responses, such …

Smartphone use during the COVID-19 pandemic: Social versus physical distancing

ME David, JA Roberts - … Journal of Environmental Research and Public …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc across the globe. According to the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, limiting face-to-face interaction is the best …

The effects of Covid-19 on the digital literacy of the elderly: norms for digital inclusion

CI Martínez-Alcalá, A Rosales-Lagarde… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The current sanitary crisis due to COVID-19 has further evidenced the enormous digital
exclusion of older adults. Furthermore, the crisis has urged older adults to adopt new …

COVID-19: Implications for physical activity, health disparities, and health equity

R Hasson, JF Sallis, N Coleman… - American journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Physical activity is one of the most efficacious pathways to promoting mental and physical
health, preventing disease, and, most important during the COVID-19 pandemic, bolstering …

COVID-19 era social isolation among older adults

S MacLeod, R Tkatch, S Kraemer, A Fellows, M McGinn… - Geriatrics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Risk of COVID-19 exposure and more severe illness are serious concerns for older adults.
Social distancing has worsened existing social isolation, with severe impacts on …

Anxiety and its relationship with sleep disturbance and problematic smartphone use among Chinese medical students during COVID-19 home confinement—A …

Y Song, K Sznajder, C Cui, Y Yang, Y Li… - Journal of affective …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The majority of medical students in China have experienced home confinement
and a reliance on online resources to study medicine since the outbreak of COVID-19. More …

Lived experiences of older adults during the first COVID-19 lockdown: A qualitative study

I Falvo, MC Zufferey, E Albanese, M Fadda - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background and aim Public health measures used to mitigate the COVID-19 epidemic may
have unintended, detrimental consequences particularly on older adults, whose voices and …

Loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic among older adults with chronic conditions

CA Polenick, EA Perbix, SM Salwi… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The COVID-19 pandemic may intensify loneliness among older adults with chronic
conditions who are at high risk of severe illness, but little is known about factors associated …