The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health of LGBTQIA+ elderly individuals
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Studies included in the systematic review.
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Search on PubMed and Web of Science the terms severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2" OR "SARS-CoV-2" OR "SARS-CoV-19" OR "SARS-CoV-2019" OR "2019-nCoV" OR "sars2" OR "Covid-19*" OR "Covid19*" OR "Covid-2019*" OR "coronavirus" OR "coronavirus disease 2019" OR "coronavirus disease - 19" OR "2019 novel coronavirus" OR "2019 novel coronavirus infection" OR "novel coronavirus" OR "Wuhan seafood market pneumonia virus" OR "Wuhan coronavirus") AND ("LGBT*" OR "gender minorities") AND ("elderly" OR "ageing" OR "aged" OR "old-aged"), on A total of 155 documents were extracted from the databases, including 24 from PubMed (not specifying the document type), 102 from Scopus (94 articles and 8 reviews), and 29 from WoS (27 articles and 2 reviews). After removing 50 duplicates, 105 articles remained, forming Set 1, and proceeded to the screening phase. An initial reading of titles and abstracts was conducted, using binary responses (yes or no) for the eligibility criteria, resulting in the exclusion of 74 articles. A total of 31 articles remained, which were included in Set 2, and read in their entirety by two independent researchers. Any uncertainties were resolved by a third researcher. After the full-text reading, 12 articles met the eligibility criteria and formed Set 3, being included in this systematic review. Some studies included LGBTQIA+ individuals and older adults among their participants but did not stratify the data specifically related to older adults in this group, and therefore, they were excluded.