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. 2020 Sep 28:11:565052.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.565052. eCollection 2020.

Consequences for the Elderly After COVID-19 Isolation: FEaR (Frail Elderly amid Restrictions)

Matteo Briguglio  1 , Riccardo Giorgino  2 , Bernardo Dell'Osso  3   4 , Matteo Cesari  5 , Mauro Porta  6 , Fabrizia Lattanzio  7 , Giuseppe Banfi  1   8 , Giuseppe M Peretti  9   10
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Consequences for the Elderly After COVID-19 Isolation: FEaR (Frail Elderly amid Restrictions)

Matteo Briguglio et al. Front Psychol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; frailty syndrome; infections; nutritional status; quality of health care; sedentary behavior.

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Tendencies of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health of the elderly and the risk of hospital admissions after lockdown easing. The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus that was discovered in Hubei province, China at the end of December 2019 (SARS-CoV-2) burst a pandemic that shut down the world. Under normal circumstances, the older adults must deal with a diminished functional ability and progressive establishment of geriatric fragility. If a healthy status is present, recovery from any trauma is discreet even if it is not associated with full pre-trauma functionality. Although restrictive measures were necessary for public health during the pandemic, they have exposed older individuals to confinement that has worsened their physical and mental health. Upon easing of the lockdown, the older person will suffer a disability debt, which will make him highly vulnerable to the risk of falling. Orthopedic hospitals that recorded a halving of traumatic admissions could contrariwise encounter a surge in accesses for traumas amid lockdown easing.
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