COVID-19 in French nursing homes during the second pandemic wave: a mixed-methods cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

French nursing homes were deeply affected by the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, with 38% of all residents infected and 5% dying. Yet, little was done to prepare these facilities for the second pandemic wave, and subsequent outbreak response strategies largely duplicated what had been done in the spring of 2020, regardless of the unique needs of the care home environment.

Methods

A cross-sectional, mixed-methods study using a retrospective, quantitative data from residents of 14 nursing homes between November 2020 and mid-January 2021. Four facilities were purposively selected as qualitative study sites for additional in-person, in-depth interviews in January and February 2021.

Results

The average attack rate in the 14 participating nursing facilitie

SUBMITTER: Dujmovic M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9490301 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature