Sociodemographic and Clinical Factors Associated With Clinical Outcome in Neuroinfectious Diseases: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with clinical outcomes in patients hospitalized with neuroinfectious diseases at three tertiary care centers in New York City.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study was conducted at three large urban tertiary care centers between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2017. Poor clinical outcome was defined as length of hospital stay (LOS) ≥2 weeks and/or discharge to a location other than home. Sociodemographic and clinical factors were obtained from electronic medical records and descriptively analyzed. Multivariate logistic regression analysis investigated relationships between sociodemographic and clinical factors, and outcomes.

Results

Among 205 patients with definitive neuroinfectious diagnoses,

SUBMITTER: Boubour A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11412469 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature