COVID-19 mortality risk factors in older people in a long-term care center
Eva Heras, Pablo Garibaldi, Maite Boix, Oliver Valero, Jorge Castillo, Yurisan Curbelo, Elso Gonzalez, Obilagilio Mendoza, Maria Anglada, Joan Carles Miralles, Petra Llull, Ricard Llovera, Josep M Piqué
European Geriatric Medicine, doi:10.1007/s41999-020-00432-w
Aim COVID-19 mortality risk factors in older people from a long term care center. Findings Male gender, low Barthel index, no pharmacological treatment and lymphocytopenia are independent mortality risk factors. Message The independent prognostic factors identified in the present study can help to adjust the healthcare resources in this population in case of new outbreaks of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Author contribution EH contributed to the study design, data collection, interpretation of the data, writing and revising the manuscript and accepts responsibility for the corresponding author. PG, MB, JC, YC, EG, OM, MA, JCM, PL, RL contributed to the data collection, data interpretation, and revising of the manuscript. OV carried out the data analysis, data interpretation, and editing of the manuscript. JMP contributed to the interpretation of the data, writing, and revising of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Compliance with ethical standards Conflict of interest We declare no competing interests.
Ethical approval This study was approved by the Research Ethics Committe of the Andorran Healthcare System. Publisher's Note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.
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