Environmental factors are associated to hospital outcomes in COVID-19 patients during lockdown and post-lockdown in 2020: A nationwide study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study analyzed, at a postcode detailed level, the relation-ship between short-term exposure to environmental factors and hospital ad-missions, in-hospital mortality, ICU admission, and ICU mortality due to COVID-19 during the lockdown and post-lockdown 2020 period in Spain.

Methods

We performed a nationwide population-based retrospective study on 208,744 patients admitted to Spanish hospitals due to COVID-19 based on the Minimum Basic Data Set (MBDS) during the first two waves of the pandemic in 2020. Environmental data were obtained from Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service. The association was assessed by a generalized additive model.

Results

PM_2.5 was the most critical environmental factor related to hospital admissions and hospital mo

SUBMITTER: Sanchez-de Prada L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10112945 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature