Health trajectories in older patients hospitalized for COVID-19: Results from the GeroCovid multicenter study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 has disproportionately affected older adults. Yet, healthcare trajectories experienced by older persons hospitalized for COVID-19 have not been investigated. This study aimed at estimating the probabilities of transitions between severity states in older adults admitted in COVID-19 acute wards and at identifying the factors associated with such dynamics.

Methods

COVID-19 patients aged ≥60 years hospitalized between March and December 2020 were involved in the multicentre GeroCovid project-acute wards substudy. Sociodemographic and health data were obtained from medical records. Clinical states during hospitalization were categorized on a seven-category scale, ranging from hospital discharge to death. Based on the transitions between these states, first, w

SUBMITTER: Trevisan C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9733961 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature