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A scoping review protocol of age-friendly practices during the COVID-19 pandemic [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

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posted on 2023-09-08, 15:13 authored by Viveka GuzmanViveka Guzman, Paul O'Dwyer, Frank DoyleFrank Doyle, Maria PertlMaria Pertl, Ronan Foley, Patricia Morsch, Delfina Alvarez, Enrique Vega

Background: Actions focused on age-friendly environments contribute to promote and maintain older people’s functional ability and may enable them to contribute to their communities and enjoy life. As such, age-friendly practices require collaboration between diverse stakeholders across multiple sectors responsible for natural, built, and social environments, which can be particularly relevant during public health emergencies when socio-ecological vulnerabilities become more salient and may disproportionally affect older people. This paper presents a protocol for a scoping review aiming to investigate the breadth of evidence concerning the development, implementation, and evaluation of age-friendly practices during the COVID-19 pandemic. The protocol sets out the objectives, methods, and dissemination plans for the review.
Methods: The scoping review will be conducted in line with the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) scoping review methodology. We will search databases (PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, CINAHL, Scopus, PsychNet) and grey literature sources. Publications relating to practices across the 8 domains of the World Health Organization’s age-friendly cities and communities’ framework will be included. A tabular data extraction tool will be used to facilitate a narrative synthesis of results.
Ethics and dissemination: Ethical approval is not required as the methods proposed for this scoping review consist of collecting publicly available data. Findings will be reported in line with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) and submitted to a journal for academic dissemination. Lay dissemination plans include an infographic and a blog-style article presenting our core results.
Conclusion: The publication of this protocol allows for transparency in the systematic process of a scoping review focused on age-friendly practices during COVID-19. Findings emerging from the scoping review will provide insights into the evidence available regarding age-friendly activities during COVID-19 and may inform future age-friendly practices during public health emergencies and beyond.

Funding

Health Research Board [SPHeRE-2019-1]

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The original article and an updated version may be available on https://hrbopenresearch.org/

Published Citation

Guzman V, et al. A scoping review protocol of age-friendly practices during the COVID-19 pandemic [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] HRB Open Res. 2022;5:64.

Publication Date

30 September 2022

PubMed ID

37224310

Department/Unit

  • Health Psychology
  • School of Population Health

Publisher

F1000 Research Ltd

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