Mental health and the social isolation of elderly people in the pandemic period

Abstract

Objective: To describe the impacts that social isolation can have on the mental health of the elderly during the pandemic. Method: This is an integrative bibliographic review, using the descriptors "Coronavirus Infections", "Pandemics", "Mental Health", and "Aged", making the combination between you and the Boolean operator OR as a search strategy in the databases data: LILACS, SciELO, WEB OF SCIENCE. Adopted inclusion criteria: publications in the period of 2020 that dealt with the subject, in Portuguese and English. As exclusion criteria: repetition in the databases, articles out of context regarding the guiding question of the research. Result: 32 articles were found, selected 26, of which 8 were analyzed. Conclusion: Mental health in a pandemic period was explicit as an impact factor, reflecting favorable and unfavorable outcomes in the context of mental health. The need for promotion for interventions is evident in order to minimize negative impacts on mental health.