Older patients with COVID-19 and neuropsychiatric conditions: A study of risk factors for mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about risk factors for mortality in older patients with COVID-19 and neuropsychiatric conditions.

Methods

We conducted a multicentric retrospective observational study at Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris. We selected inpatients aged 70 years or older, with COVID-19 and preexisting neuropsychiatric comorbidities and/or new neuropsychiatric manifestations. We examined demographics, comorbidities, functional status, and presentation including neuropsychiatric symptoms and disorders, as well as paraclinical data. Cox survival analysis was conducted to determine risk factors for mortality at 40 days after the first symptoms of COVID-19.

Results

Out of 191 patients included (median age 80 [interquartile range 74-87]), 135 (71%) had neuropsych

SUBMITTER: Nguyen-Michel VH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9759137 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature