Scientific knowledge about infections by the new coronavirus in older adults: a scoping review

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Objective: to map the scientific knowledge about COVID-19 in older adults. Method: this is a scoping review literature review. A search was performed in the PubMed, CINAHL, Web of Science and LILACS databases. Original articles that answered the guiding question were included: what scientific knowledge is available in the world about COVID-19 in older adults? Results: thirty-one articles were included, most of them carried out in China (n=23) and with a retrospective design (n=13) and case studies/case series (n=13). Based on the findings, six thematic categories emerged: clinical signs and symptoms (n=12), other information (n=9), adverse outcomes/complications resulting from COVID-19 (n=8), age relationship and greater severity of COVID-19 (n=8), variables related to death by COVID-19 (n=8), and diagnostic findings (n=8). Conclusion: the findings reinforce older adults’ greater vulnerability to the worsening of COVID-19, as well as to complications resulting from the disease, including the greater occurrence of death.

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TAVARES, Darlene Mara dos Santos et al. Scientific knowledge about infections by the new coronavirus in older adults: a scoping review. Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, Brasília, v. 74, supl. 1, e20200938, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0938. Disponível em: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672021000800305&lng=en&nrm=iso. Acesso em: 07 maio 2021.