Risk Factors Associated With All-Cause 30-Day Mortality in Nursing Home Residents With COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has severely affected nursing homes. Vulnerable nursing home residents are at high risk for adverse outcomes, but improved understanding is needed to identify risk factors for mortality among nursing home residents.

Objective

To identify risk factors for 30-day all-cause mortality among US nursing home residents with COVID-19.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study was conducted at 351 US nursing homes among 5256 nursing home residents with COVID-19-related symptoms who had severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection confirmed by polymerase chain reaction testing between March 16 and September 15, 2020.

Exposures

Resident-level characteristics, including age, sex

SUBMITTER: Panagiotou OA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7783593 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature