Emotional Impact and Perception of Support in Nursing Home Residents during the COVID-19 Lockdown: A Qualitative Study

Crespo-Martín, Almudena; Palacios‐Ceña, Domingo; Huertas‐Hoyas, Elisabet; Güeita‐Rodríguez, Javier; Fernández-Gómez, Gemma; Pérez-Corrales, Jorge

doi:10.3390/ijerph192315712

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“…Findings from this study suggest residents will need to process their negative emotions by communicating with peers, who are natural social, outgoing, and positive-thinking people who are also knowledgeable. These findings are consistent with a previous study, which described support received from fellows who helped them feel comfortable [ 23 ]. To support peer communication, one potential strategy might be, for health providers, to introduce selected residents to one another in places such as common areas, dining rooms, units, or shared bedrooms in a semi-closed area.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…Studies already addressed the community-dwelling older population in the COVID-19 pandemic and the repercussions of social isolation in their health [ 19 , 20 ]. However, few researchers have addressed the impact of lockdown measures on nursing home residents’ mental health [ 21 , 22 , 23 ]. Moreover, previous studies on nursing home care during COVID-19 outbreaks have mainly focused on the negative impact of the social disconnection of residents due to the lockdowns.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Nursing Home Residents’ Perceptions of Challenges and Coping Strategies during COVID-19 Pandemic in China

Xiao²,

Nan³

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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Older people in nursing homes are at a high risk of being infected by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). They also experienced nursing home lockdowns that harm their psychological wellbeing. Better support for this vulnerable population requires understanding their perceptions of challenges and coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic. A qualitative descriptive study was conducted using semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis approach was used to analyze the data. Participants were recruited from six nursing homes in three cities in Hunan Province, China. Fourteen nursing home residents participated in the study. Four themes were identified from interviews and described as: mental stress and coping strategies, self-regulation to respond to lockdown, the lack of social connection and coping strategies, and the need for medical care services and coping strategies. This study revealed that nursing home residents perceived stress during the nursing home lockdown, but they reported initiating activities to maintain health and connections with their families and peers. Resilience improvement interventions are necessary to enable residents’ autonomy and develop their resilience in coping with difficulties and hardship during crises. The findings also indicate that a supportive environment with interactions from families, peers, and staffs played a key role in enabling residents’ positive health and wellbeing during the lockdown.

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confidence: 99%

Nursing Home Residents’ Perceptions of Challenges and Coping Strategies during COVID-19 Pandemic in China

Xiao²,

Nan³

et al. 2023

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“…Institutionalization of elderly people tends to worsen the problem, as it often affects patients who end up confined to their rooms, which increases their social isolation. This is especially drastic in times when epidemiological countermeasures are in place [19,20], as it deprives people of everyday occupations, routines, and desired activities, as well as visits from the outside of the institution [21].…”

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confidence: 99%

Loneliness among elderly people as a public health threat

Susło¹,

Mizia²,

Pochybełko³

et al. 2023

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Each day, primary care physicians see many lonely elderly people with multiple complaints, who sometimes can be labelled "over-demanding" or even "abusing health services"; in fact, this phenomenon results from general deficiencies and insufficiency in social support. A literature review has been carried out in order to identify the characteristics of loneliness in people aged sixty years and older, and its health-related consequences. Loneliness causes sensory deprivation and emotional starvation, which translate into a subjective feeling of discomfort and distress, as well as into objective behavioral changes. Loneliness is a prognostic factor for worsened health and cognitive status in the elderly. The limited ability of elderly people to take care of themselves as a result of deterioration in health does not itself lead to loneliness and abandonment if the social support system is not deficient. Paradoxically, policies intended to protect the elderly often result in negative phenomena, such as actual discrimination justified on the basis of paternalistic and generalizing assumptions. Loneliness among elderly people is becoming a serious public health problem in modern atomized, ageing societies. This thus demands urgent action from the Polish state, aimed at providing the elderly with organized social support in order to adequately protect their health and well-being. currently, different levels of the health system, including primary care physicians, are forced to deal with the increasing fallout of loneliness, which presents in the form of physical and mental illnesses, as well as psychosomatic ailments.

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“…It is clear that the virulence of COVID-19 has been dismissed and is continuously dismissing further ( 3 ). Nevertheless, the economic and health impacts caused by COVID-19 are ongoing ( 4 ). It is likely there will be significant and extensive social change in the coming years ( 5 ).…”

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of new mothers in China: A qualitative study of mothers with infants aged 0–1 year old

Zou

Chen

2023

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundChina has implemented a strict epidemic control policy (ECP) for 3 years during the COVID-19 pandemic. New mothers are under great psychological pressure to protect themselves against the virus, following the ECP, as well as taking on the main responsibility of raising their children. However, the mental health of this group has been neglected by the public. This article aims to understand the mental health of new mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic.MethodQualitative research methods were adopted in this study. From 1 October to 1 November 2022, we conducted in-depth interviews with 36 new mothers in Guiyang, Guizhou, China, and used thematic analysis to examine their emotional status, as well as the origins of their negative and positive emotions.Results(1) New mothers are chronically depressed, feeling anxious, and upset. (2) Negative emotions are caused either by the virus or by the ECP. (3) New mothers are mainly anxious about their children's physical health, feeding options, childcare, and family income. (4) Positive emotions are reflected by tight parent–child bonds, a better understanding of childcare, and an increased ability to perceive risks.ConclusionThe anxiety of new mothers has revealed the shortcomings of the Chinese health system in the emergency management of the mother and child. At the same time, the outbreak is an opportunity to improve the response management capacity of the health system in order to prevent the recurrence of similar problems for mothers and infants.

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Emotional Impact and Perception of Support in Nursing Home Residents during the COVID-19 Lockdown: A Qualitative Study

Cited by 8 publications

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Nursing Home Residents’ Perceptions of Challenges and Coping Strategies during COVID-19 Pandemic in China

Nursing Home Residents’ Perceptions of Challenges and Coping Strategies during COVID-19 Pandemic in China

Loneliness among elderly people as a public health threat

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of new mothers in China: A qualitative study of mothers with infants aged 0–1 year old

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