Learning from the covid-19 outbreaks in long-term care facilities: a systematic review

BMC Geriatrics

Research

Helga Rafael Henriques¹  José Faria¹  Joana Pinto¹  Diana Sousa¹  Maria Cândida Durão¹  Maria Adriana Henriques²  Andreia Costa² 

[1] Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Lisboa, CIDNUR – Nursing Research, Innovation and Development Centre of Lisbon, Avenida Prof Egas Moniz, 1600–190, Lisbon, Portugal;Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Lisboa, CIDNUR – Nursing Research, Innovation and Development Centre of Lisbon, Avenida Prof Egas Moniz, 1600–190, Lisbon, Portugal;Instituto de Saúde Ambiental – ISAMB, Lisbon Medical School - Avenida Professor Egas Moniz MB, 1649-028, Lisbon, Portugal;

关键词: COVID-19;    Nursing;    Homes for the aged;    Infection control;    Disease transmission;    Infectious;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12877-023-04319-w

 received in 2023-01-10, accepted in 2023-09-14,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has devastatingly affected Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCF), exposing aging people, staff members, and visitors. The world has learned through the pandemic and lessons can be taken to adopt effective measures to deal with COVID-19 outbreaks in LTCF. We aimed to systematically review the available evidence on the effect of measures to minimize the risk of transmission of COVID-19 in LTCs during outbreaks since 2021.MethodsThe search method was guided by the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews (PRISMA) and the reporting guideline synthesis without meta-analysis (SWiM) in systematic reviews. The search was performed in April 2023. Observational and interventional studies from the databases of PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Cochrane Systematic Reviews, CINAHL, and Academic Search were systematically reviewed. We included studies conducted in the LTCF with outbreaks that quantitatively assess the effect of non-pharmacological measures on cases of COVID-19. Two review authors independently reviewed titles for inclusion, extracted data, and undertook the risk of bias according to pre-specified criteria. The quality of studies was analyzed using the Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal.ResultsThirteen studies were included, with 8442 LTCF experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks and 598 thousand participants (residents and staff members). Prevention and control of COVID-19 infection interventions were grouped into three themes: strategic, tactical, and operational measures. The strategic measures reveal the importance of COVID-19 prevention and control as LTCF structural characteristics, namely the LTCF size, new admissions, infection control surveillance, and architectural structure. At the tactical level, the lack of personal and long staff shifts is related to COVID-19's spread. Operational measures with a favorable effect on preventing COVID-19 transmission are sufficient. Personal protective equipment stock, correct mask use, signaling, social distancing, and resident cohorting.ConclusionsOperational, tactical, and strategic approaches may have a favorable effect on preventing the spread of COVID-19 in LTCFs experiencing outbreaks. Given the heterogeneous nature of the measures, performing a meta-analysis was not possible. Future research should use more robust study designs to explore similar infection control measures in LTCFs during endemic situations with comparable outbreaks.Trial registrationThe protocol of this systematic review was registered in PROSPERO (CRD42020214566).

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