Estudios de la soledad en personas mayores de origen migrante: una revisión sistemática en Europa

• Autores: Lorena Patricia Gallardo Peralta, María Ángeles Molina Martínez, Virginia Fernández Fernández, Vicente Rodríguez Rodríguez, Pablo de Gea Grela
• Localización: Revista española de salud pública, ISSN 1135-5727, ISSN-e 2173-9110, Nº. 99, 2025
• Idioma: español
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Studies of loneliness among older people with a migrant background: a systematic review in Europe
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  • español

    FUNDAMENTOS // Europa experimenta un proceso de envejecimiento de sus sociedades y, dentro de esta población, se incluyen las personas migrantes. Es decir, los perfiles de personas mayores son diversos en su composición étnica. Numerosos estudios indican el riesgo a experimentar soledad y otros factores psicosociales que afectan nega-tivamente a las personas mayores que constituyen minorías étnicas. El objetivo de este estudio fue examinar los estudios sobre personas mayores de origen migrante en los últimos quince años en Europa.MÉTODOS // Se realizó una revisión sistemática siguiendo el formato PRISMA en las bases de datos electrónicas Web of Science, Scopus, Dialnet y SciELO entre los meses de octubre y noviembre de 2024. Se utilizó la herramienta Rayyan Manager para eliminar los duplicados y realizar el cribado según los criterios de inclusión y exclusión.RESULTADOS // Se encontraron 2.013 referencias y, tras la valoración del texto completo, se incluyeron un total de 14 artículos. Los resultados sobre prevalencia de la soledad fueron heterogéneos, aunque seis artículos mostraron una prevalencia mayor al 40%. En términos generales, los estudios indicaron la influencia de factores sociodemográficos, migratorios, étnicos-culturales, psicosociales, de curso de vida, médicos y otros como la discriminación.CONCLUSIONES // Es necesario seguir avanzando en conocimientos específicos sobre cómo afecta la soledad a las personas mayores migrantes, junto a disponer de evalua-ciones con pertinencia cultural y que ello se vea reflejado en las políticas públicas.

  • English

    BACKGROUND // Europe is experiencing an ageing process in its societies, and within this population are migrants, meaning that older people are diverse in their ethnic composition. Numerous studies indicate the risk of loneliness and other psychosocial factors that negatively affect older people from ethnic minorities. The aim of this study was to examine studies on older people of migrant origin in Europe over the last fifteen years. METHODS // A systematic review was conducted following the PRISMA format in the electronic databases Web of Science, Scopus, Dialnet and SciELO between October and November 2024. The Rayyan Manager tool was used to eliminate duplicates and screen according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria.RESULTS // A total of 2,013 references were found and after full text assessment a total of 14 articles were included. The results on the prevalence of loneliness were hetero-geneous, although six articles showed a prevalence greater than 40%. In general terms, the studies indicated the influence of socio-demographic, migratory, ethnic-cultural, psychosocial, life course, medical and other factors such as discrimination.CONCLUSIONS // Specific knowledge on how loneliness affects older migrants needs to be further developed, along with culturally relevant assessments and reflected in public policies

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