Understanding the COVID-19 Pandemic in Nursing Homes (Aragon, Spain): Sociodemographic and Clinical Factors Associated With Hospitalization and Mortality.

ABSTRACT: Old people residing in nursing homes have been a vulnerable group to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, with high rates of infection and death. Our objective was to describe the profile of institutionalized patients with a confirmed COVID-19 infection and the socioeconomic and morbidity factors associated with hospitalization and death. We conducted a retrospective cohort study including data from subjects aged 65 years or older residing in a nursing home with a confirmed COVID-19 infection from March 2020 to March 2021 (4,632 individuals) in Aragón (Spain). We analyzed their sociodemographic and clinical profiles and factors related to hospitalization and mortality at 7, 30, and 90 days of COVID-19 diagnosis using logistic regression analyses. We found that the risk of hosp

SUBMITTER: Aguilar-Palacio I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9301241 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature