Clinical frailty as a key characteristic of the patient population of the NHS Nightingale North West COVID-19 temporary emergency field hospital: cohort study April to June 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

COVID-19 temporary emergency 'field' hospitals have been established in the UK to support the surge capacity of the National Health Service while protecting the community from onward infection. We described the population of one such hospital and investigated the impact of frailty on clinical outcomes.

Design

Cohort study.

Setting

NHS Nightingale Hospital North West, April-June 2020.

Participants

All in-patients with COVID-19.

Main outcome measures

Mortality and duration of admission.

Methods

We analysed factors associated with mortality using logistic regression and admission duration using Cox's regression, and described trends in frailty prevalence over time using linear regression.

Results

A total of 104 COVID-19 patients wer

SUBMITTER: Trent Herdman M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8832049 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature