Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospitalization and mortality for chronic communicable diseases: Scoping review

Abstract

Objective: to map the knowledge in the scientific literature about the effects of the covid-19 pandemic on hospitalization and mortality, in adult patients, due to chronic communicable diseases. Method: scoping review, carried out in January 2022, in the following databases: CINAHL, Embase, LILACS, MEDLINE, and Web of Science. The descriptors used in the search were: Communicable Diseases, Hospitalization, Mortality and COVID-19. The selection process was carried out by two independent reviewers through the Rayyan® platform. Results: 36 studies were included, from which the following categories were generated: Hospitalizations and mortality related to covid-19 and chronic communicable diseases; Possible causes of worsening of patients with covid-19 and chronic communicable diseases; and Control of chronic communicable diseases in the context of the pandemic. Conclusion: it was observed that hospitalizations and deaths from chronic communicable diseases were associated with coinfection with covid-19, although sociodemographic and epidemiological factors also interfere in the occurrence.