Impact of Dementia on Mortality Due to Coronavirus Disease 2019: Propensity-Score-Matching Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Patients with dementia are particularly vulnerable to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) because they tend to be older and often have concomitant diseases. Previous studies have investigated the impact of dementia on COVID-19 outcomes, but the evidence is not robust for Asian populations. We aimed to determine the relationship between dementia and COVID-19 outcomes using data from a large-scale nationwide public database.

Methods

Data on patients with COVID-19 who were released from quarantine between January 1, 2020 and April 30, 2020, published by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, were divided into two groups based on the dementia status. Propensity-score matching was used to adjust for multiple confounders between the dementia and no

SUBMITTER: Jeon JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8762493 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature