Assistência nutricional prestada ao idoso hospitalizado com Covid-19: uma revisão integrativa

Abstract

A new virus emerged in late 2019 in Wuhan, China, causing a global pandemic. Called covid-19, this new pathology was soon associated with worse outcomes in older people. Severely affected elderly people require hospitalization. Identifying the nutritional strategies adopted during hospitalization makes it possible to determine which conduct is most effective in the recovery of these elderly people hospitalized with covid-19. Objective: To investigate in the scientific literature the nutritional practices applied to elderly people hospitalized with COVID19. Methodology: Integrative review of exploratory nature. Articles published in LILACS, IBECS, MEDLINE, SciELO, Cochrane Library, SCOPUS and EMBASE electronic databases were searched. Using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH): “covid-19” AND “nutrition” OR “nutrition therapy” AND “aged” AND “hospital”, the search resulted in 468 articles. Only articles in English,Portuguese and Spanish were considered for this review. After applied the eligibility criteria, 7 articles were selected. The period for the search for studies corresponded to the second half of November and the first week of December 2022. Results: The 7 articles were published between 2020 and 2022, 5 articles address screening and nutritional assessment, 1 addresses vitamin D supplementation and 1 article adresses the impact of covid-19 on the prescription of enteral nutrition. Final Considerations: This Integrative Review showed that nutritional management has significant relevance in the control and recovery of covid-19. However, studies on nutritional practices aimed exclusively at the geriatric population are still scarce.