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Marie Josiane Ntsama Essomba; Victorine Nzana; Jean Jacques Noubiap; Marylin Zingui-Ottou; Laura Ciaffi; Eugène Sobngwi; Gloria Ashuntantang
The Follow-Up and Well-Being of Geriatric Outpatients During COVID-19 Pandemic in Cameroon: Insights From the Yaounde Central Hospital. Article de journal
Dans: Gerontology & geriatric medicine, vol. 6, p. 2333721420959242, 0000, ISSN: 2333-7214.
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title = {The Follow-Up and Well-Being of Geriatric Outpatients During COVID-19 Pandemic in Cameroon: Insights From the Yaounde Central Hospital.},
author = {Marie Josiane Ntsama Essomba and Victorine Nzana and Jean Jacques Noubiap and Marylin Zingui-Ottou and Laura Ciaffi and Eugène Sobngwi and Gloria Ashuntantang},
url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33029549 http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=PMC7522829},
doi = {10.1177/2333721420959242},
issn = {2333-7214},
journal = {Gerontology & geriatric medicine},
volume = {6},
pages = {2333721420959242},
abstract = {Although total confinement has not been adopted by the government of Cameroon, the COVID-19 pandemic is keeping geriatric patients out of hospital, despite a decline in their health status. In addition, the pandemic might have a significant effect on their general well-being. This study aimed to examine the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the follow-up and well-being of older outpatients seen at geriatric consultation in Cameroon. We carried out a telephone survey of patients who did not attend an appointment at our geriatrics outpatient clinic on April 2020. Overall, 30 participants were recruited of whom 70% were female (n = 21) with a median age of 74 years (IQR 68.8-85). Most patients (73%},
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Although total confinement has not been adopted by the government of Cameroon, the COVID-19 pandemic is keeping geriatric patients out of hospital, despite a decline in their health status. In addition, the pandemic might have a significant effect on their general well-being. This study aimed to examine the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the follow-up and well-being of older outpatients seen at geriatric consultation in Cameroon. We carried out a telephone survey of patients who did not attend an appointment at our geriatrics outpatient clinic on April 2020. Overall, 30 participants were recruited of whom 70% were female (n = 21) with a median age of 74 years (IQR 68.8-85). Most patients (73%