Factors associated with hospitalisations and deaths of residential aged care residents with COVID-19 during the Omicron (BA.1) wave in Queensland.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify characteristics associated with the hospitalisation and death of people with COVID-19 living in residential aged care facilities (RACFs).

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting, participants

All confirmed (polymerase chain reaction testing) or probable SARS-CoV-2 infections (rapid antigen tests) in residents of the 86 RACFs in the Metro South Hospital and Health Service area (southeast Queensland), 13 December 2021 - 24 January 2022.

Main outcome measures

Hospitalisation within 14 days or death within 28 days of COVID-19 diagnosis.

Results

Of 1071 RACF residents with COVID-19, 151 were hospitalised within 14 days and 126 died within 28 days of diagnosis. Likelihood of death increased with age (per five years: adjusted odds ratio

SUBMITTER: Ellis RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9877866 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature