BackgroundPopulations are ageing, making the quality of old age a crucial issue. Some adversity in old age, such as loss of loved one or loss of physical function, is often experienced, as is the need for recovery from such adversity. Resilience in later life has become an important topic and has accumulated much empirical research. However, the research has mainly centred on individual factors, such as personality, rather than social factors, such as family relationships or community engagement. There is no systematic review of the social dimensions of resilience in old age, a focus that should be especially important for policy and practice seeking to create supporting environments.MethodsOur review comprises quantitative and qualitative empirical original English language studies, published 2013–2023, using predefined search phrases including ‘resilience’ and various terms for old age and social dimensions. Titles and abstracts are screened by the first two authors using registered exclusion criteria. Final inclusion, based on full‐text reading, is decided using registered inclusion criteria, and verified by co‐authors. Qualitative articles are read by authors specialized in qualitative research and quantitative articles by authors specialized in quantitative research. Due to large expected heterogeneity, meta‐analysis is not conducted, but weighted effect sizes or funnel plots may be prepared if parallel quantitative studies are encountered. Qualitative studies are synthesized using meta‐aggregation. The risk of bias is evaluated with applicable Joanna Briggs Institute checklists for each study design. A narrative synthesis brings together the qualitative and quantitative studies.ConclusionMethodological strengths and weaknesses of the included studies are reported to assess the quality of the research. Summary of the most significant social dimensions of resilience in old age is prepared, emphasizing interactions between contexts, stressors, mechanisms and outcomes; and research gaps are identified.Systematic Review RegistrationProtocol is registered in PROSPERO (CRD42023412532).

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系统审查老年人复原力社会维度的协议

背景人口老龄化使得老年质量成为一个至关重要的问题。老年时经常会经历一些逆境，例如失去亲人或丧失身体机能，并且需要从这种逆境中恢复过来。晚年生活的复原力已成为一个重要的课题，并积累了大量的实证研究。然而，研究主要集中在个性等个人因素，而不是家庭关系或社区参与等社会因素。目前还没有对老年复原力的社会维度进行系统性审查，而这一重点对于寻求创造支持性环境的政策和实践来说尤其重要。方法我们的审查包括定量和定性的实证原始英语研究，发表于 2013 年至 2023 年，使用预定义的搜索短语包括“复原力”以及有关老年和社会维度的各种术语。标题和摘要由前两位作者使用注册的排除标准进行筛选。最终纳入基于全文阅读，使用注册的纳入标准决定，并由共同作者验证。定性文章由专门从事定性研究的作者阅读，定量文章由专门从事定量研究的作者阅读。由于预期异质性较大，不进行荟萃分析，但如果遇到平行定量研究，可以绘制加权效应大小或漏斗图。定性研究是使用元聚合进行综合的。偏倚风险通过适用于每个研究设计的乔安娜·布里格斯研究所清单进行评估。叙述性综合将定性和定量研究结合在一起。结论报告了所纳入研究的方法学优点和缺点，以评估研究的质量。总结了老年复原力最重要的社会维度，强调环境、压力源、机制和结果之间的相互作用；系统审查注册协议已在 PROSPERO 中注册 (CRD42023412532)。