Educational Interventions for Nursing Homes Support Workers During the Pandemic: an Integrative Review
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Introduction: The current pandemic caused by the circulation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus places the population in general, and aging people living in nursing homes in particular, in a situation of great vulnerability, with a high risk of morbidity and mortality. In these contexts, educational interventions with professionals have shown to be associated with changes in practices. However, data on educational interventions carried out in a pandemic situation in these contexts are still scarce, as well as their content and/or methodologies used. Goal: We aimed to describe educational interventions for nursing home support workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: An integrative literature review was carried out. Results: Of the 349 articles identified, 4 were included in the final sample. The results show that the educational programs aimed at nursing home employees, including support workers, have great variability in terms of intervention, target audience, content, duration, how it is made available, and the scientific area of ??the trainers. There seems to be an association between the education provided and the reduction of virus transmission. Conclusions: This integrative review points to the importance of educational interventions, taught by health professionals, with support workers, as a way of preventing the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in nursing homes and reducing morbidity and mortality rates. Distance learning proves to be an educational opportunity for people in remote locations. Face-to-face training was also shown to be essential in demonstrating and training safe care practices. We recommend future research to achieve greater consistency in the conclusions.
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