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VULNERABILITY OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN DISASTERS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

AFETLERDE YAŞLILARIN İNCİNEBİLİRLİĞİ: SİSTEMATİK DERLEME

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467–482
Publication Date
2022-11-05
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Therefore, disaster planning needs to includestrategies for attending to care-giving needs, unique psychosocial needs, relocation trauma,medications, and medical needs of this population.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Introduction: Disasters significantly affect the physical, emotional, and psychologicalhealth of individuals and result in high numbers of deaths, injuries, and economic losses.Elderly people are among the groups most vulnerable to the negative impacts of disasters.In this direction, this systematic review aims to provide an overview of relevant studies on thevulnerability of elderly populations during disasters.Materials and Method: A literature search was conducted from 2000 to 2017 usingMEDLINE, Pub Med, Science direct, and Scopus and Cochrane libraries.
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Key Findings & Data:This review wasconducted in September 2017, and the keywords included “older adults”, “elderly”, “disasters”,“vulnerable groups.” In total, 29 research articles composed the main sample of the study.Results: Several studies have found that older adults are vulnerable in disasters.
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Conclusion & Impact:Therefore, disaster planning needs to includestrategies for attending to care-giving needs, unique psychosocial needs, relocation trauma,medications, and medical needs of this population.
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Introduction: Disasters significantly affect the physical, emotional, and psychologicalhealth of individuals and result in high numbers of deaths, injuries, and economic losses.Elderly people are among the groups most vulnerable to the negative impacts of disasters.In this direction, this systematic review aims to provide an overview of relevant studies on thevulnerability of elderly populations during disasters.Materials and Method: A literature search was conducted from 2000 to 2017 usingMEDLINE, Pub Med, Science direct, and Scopus and Cochrane libraries. This review wasconducted in September 2017, and the keywords included “older adults”, “elderly”, “disasters”,“vulnerable groups.” In total, 29 research articles composed the main sample of the study.Results: Several studies have found that older adults are vulnerable in disasters. Theresults of these studies were examined and are presented according to the physical effects,psychosocial effects, relocation trauma, and ethical aspects as the main themes.xConclusion: In countries with rapidly aging populations, a large number of vulnerableelderly people require assistance in the event of a disaster. Many studies have reported thatthe health of these vulnerable populations is frequently worsened by disasters, to the pointof a higher incident of fatal consequences. Therefore, disaster planning needs to includestrategies for attending to care-giving needs, unique psychosocial needs, relocation trauma,medications, and medical needs of this population.

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Giriş: Afetler, bireylerin fiziksel, duygusal ve psikolojik sağlıkları üzerinde önemli etkilere sahiptir ve ölüm, yaralanma ve ekonomik kayıpların artmasına neden olur. Afetlerin olumsuz etkilerine karşı en incinebilir gruplardan biri yaşlılardır. Bu sistematik derlemenin amacı, yaşlı nüfusun afetlerde incinebilirliğine ilişkin ilgili çalışmalara genel bir bakış sunmaktır. Gereç ve Yöntem: MEDLINE, Pub Med, Science direct, Scopus ve Cochrane kütüphaneleri kullanılarak 2000’den 2017 yılına kadar literatür araştırması yapıldı. Bu inceleme Eylül 2017’de gerçekleştirildi ve anahtar sözcükler “yaşlılar”, “afetler”, “incinebilir gruplar” idi. Toplam 29 araştırma makalesi, çalışmanın ana örneklemini oluşturdu. Bulgular: Birçok çalışma afetlerde yaşlı bireylerin incinebilir olduğunu belirlemiştir. Bu çalışmaların sonuçları fiziksel etkilere, psikososyal etkilere, yer değiştirme travmasına ve etik konulara ilişkin ana temalara göre sunulmuştur. Sonuç: Hızla yaşlanan nüfusa sahip ülkelerde, çok sayıda incinebilir yaşlı afet durumunda yardıma ihtiyaç duymaktadır. Birçok çalışma, bu incinebilir nüfusun sağlığının, afetler sonucunda sıklıkla ölümcül sonuçlara varabilecek şekilde kötüleştiğini rapor etmiştir. Afet planlaması, bu nüfusun bakım gereksinimlerine, bireysel psikososyal ihtiyaçlarına, yer değiştirme travmasına, ilaçlarına ve tıbbi gereksinimlerine yönelik stratejiler içermelidir.

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YILMAZ, Ü. D., BAYRAKTAR, N. (2022). VULNERABILITY OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN DISASTERS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. Türk Geriatri Dergisi, Cilt: 21 - Sayı: 3, 467–482. https://ajindex.com/articles/623678

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