SOCIAL ISOLATION BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CHRONIC PAIN- SCOPING REVIEW

Abstract

: Objectives:  To map scientific evidence about the influence of social isolation by Covid-19 on Chronic Pain Management. Suggest actions that minimize the interference of Covid-19 Pandemic in the management of chronic pain. Method: The JBI (Joanna Briggs Institute) methodology was followed, the research was carried out between October and November 2020 in the Knowledge Library, Ebscohost, PubMed Central (PMC) and PubMed databases, the temporal space from January 2019 to December was considered 2020 and the combined “and” and “not” Booleans. The Scoping Review (SR) intends to map the methodological procedures and started from the following central question: “Was the management of chronic pain affected by the Social Isolation caused by the Pandemic by Covid-19?”, which is defined by the PCC question. Results: of the universe of 862 articles found, 16 were selected after applying the exclusion criteria. Conclusion: we corroborate that it is crucial to adopt individualized measures to monitor the patient with chronic pain in Pandemic phase by Covid-19, in order to reduce the comorbidities in these patients and increase the quality of life.