Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mortality rate in memory clinic patients.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

We investigated whether mortality in memory clinic patients changed due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Methods

We included patients from the Amsterdam Dementia Cohort: (1) n = 923 pandemic patients (baseline visit: 2017-2018, follow-up: until 2021), and (2) n = 830 historical control patients (baseline visit: 2015-2016, follow-up: until 2019). Groups were well-balanced. We compared mortality during pandemic with historical control patients using Cox regression. Differences in cause of death between groups were explored using Fisher's exact test.

Results

Pandemic patients had a higher risk of mortality than historical control patients (hazard ratio [HR] [95% confidence interval {CI}] = 1.34 [1.05-1.70]). Stratified for syndr

SUBMITTER: Bakker ED 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10823153 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature