Social determinants of health and sepsis: a case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We aimed to identify whether social determinants of health (SDoH) are associated with the development of sepsis and assess the differences between individuals living within systematically disadvantaged neighbourhoods compared with those living outside these neighbourhoods.

Methods

We conducted a single-centre case-control study including 300 randomly selected adult patients (100 patients with sepsis and 200 patients without sepsis) admitted to the emergency department of a large academic tertiary care hospital in Hamilton, ON, Canada. We collected data on demographics and a limited set of SDoH variables, including neighbourhood household income, smoking history, social support, and history of alcohol disorder. We analyzed study data using multivariate logistic regres

SUBMITTER: Sheikh F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11493815 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature