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Ageism and psychosocial variables during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review protocol

OBJECTIVE: To map studies that focused on the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the mental health, well-being, self-perception of aging, and intergenerational relationships of older adults, and how ageism affected these psychosocial variables in this population during the pan...

Ageism against older adults in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: an integrative review

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To report the main results of studies on prejudice, stereotyping, and age-based discrimination (ageism) in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS This is an integrative review of the literature on ageism in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, conducted between May and June...

Envelhecimento e isolamento social: uma revisão integrativa

Resumo Objetivo: Analisar os conceitos disponíveis na literatura sobre o isolamento social de pessoas idosas. Métodos: Métodos: Revisão de literatura do tipo integrativa baseada na perspectiva teórica do ageísmo. Os dados foram coletados nos meses de março a maio de 2019, nas bases LILACS, MEDLI...

Normal pressure hydrocephalus: Diagnostic delay

Biomédica (Bogotá); 40 (4), 2020
Abstract. Introduction: Normotensive hydrocephalus is a differential diagnosis in the evaluation of the dementia syndrome. The diagnostic protocols would allow detecting this pathology that has more effective treatment than other dementias. Objective: To describe a population with clinical suspicion of...

Allocating medical resources fairly: the CSG bioethics guide

Salud pública Méx; 62 (5), 2020
Abstract On April 12, 2020, a bioethics guide for allocating scarce hospital resources during the current Covid-19 pandemic was posted on the website of the Consejo de Salubridad General (CSG) of the Government of Mexico. The guide, entitled Guía bioética para asignación de recursos limitados de medic...

Adaptação e validação brasileira da escala Older Workers' Intentions to Continue Working

Psico USF; 25 (1), 2020
Este artigo apresenta a adaptação e validação da escala Older Workers' Intentions to Continue Working (OWICW) em uma amostra de trabalhadores mais velhos de uma instituição de ensino superior do nordeste brasileiro. Participaram 283 servidores com idades entre 48 e 69 anos (M = 56,8; DP = 5,1) com ...

Implicit attitudes toward the elderly among health professionals and undergraduate students in the health field: a systematic review

Abstract Objective To perform a systematic review of articles evaluating implicit attitudes of health professionals and undergraduate students in the health field toward the elderly. Methods The PsycINFO, PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus and LILACS databases were searched for relevant articles publishe...

Saída precoce do mercado de trabalho: aposentadoria ou discriminação?

Resumo Estudos mostram que, a despeito da queda das taxas de mortalidade e das melhorias nas condições de saúde, os trabalhadores têm saído mais cedo da atividade econômica. Esperar-se-ia que uma vida mais longa aumentasse os retornos aos investimentos em capital humano. A literatura associa a saí...