Clinical characteristics of COVID-19 in older adults. A retrospective study in long-term nursing homes in Catalonia.

ABSTRACT: The natural history of COVID-19 and predictors of mortality in older adults need to be investigated to inform clinical operations and healthcare policy planning. A retrospective study took place in 80 long-term nursing homes in Catalonia, Spain collecting data from March 1st to May 31st, 2020. Demographic and clinical data from 2,092 RT-PCR confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection were registered, including structural characteristics of the facilities. Descriptive statistics to describe the demographic, clinical, and molecular characteristics of our sample were prepared, both overall and by their symptomatology was performed and an analysis of statistically significant bivariate differences and constructions of a logistic regression model were carried out to assess the relationship between

SUBMITTER: Meis-Pinheiro U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8301631 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature